"Ukiyo-e 浮世絵" playing cards

About the main Ukiyo-e used

"Utamaro Kitagawa 喜多川歌麿"
"Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿", who was active as a painter of beautiful women during the golden age of Ukiyo-e, is a world-renowned Ukiyo-e artist along with "Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎", "Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重", and "Tousyusai Sharaku 東洲斎写楽".
These playing cards include the very famous works "Woman with a Glass Noisemaker (Popen)" and "Okitataikyo".

"Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木 春信"
Harunobu Suzuki was an ukiyoe artist of the mid-Edo period.
He gained popularity for his paintings of slender, dainty, and delicately expressive beauties.
He also left humorous works such as "Egoyomi," which hid the calendar of the time in his paintings, and was loved by the general public.
This playing card features one of Harunobu's representative series, "Eight Views of Zashiki," a series of handouts created by "Okubo Kyosen 大久保巨川", including "Kotoji no Rakugan 琴路の落雁", "Seccyuu Aiaigasa 雪中相合傘" (Lovers Sharing an Umbrella ), etc are used in this series.

What is "Ukiyo-e 浮世絵"?
Ukiyoe is a world-class Japanese art form that has influenced painters outside of Japan.
Ukiyoe is an art form that was originally created in Japan and developed during the Edo period (1603-1868).

As motifs, "busyo-e" depicting military commanders of the previous era, "bijinga" depicting beautiful women in brothels, and "yakusha-e" depicting Kabuki actors, etc., were painted covering the Ukiyo period, and thus came to be called "Ukiyo-e".

"Ukiyo-e 浮世絵" playing cards

52 Ukiyoe playing cards + 2 jokers
*The playing cards are made of paper.
*Ukiyoe designs are printed.
*A brief Ukiyo-e commentary (Japanese/English) is included.
*In cloth-covered paper case

Size : Playing cards / about 85㎜ × 62㎜
Outer case / about 100㎜ × 78㎜ × 26㎜

Weight : 125g

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