kawari-e　異り絵

KEY WORD :　art history / paintings

Also yose-e 寄せ絵. A type of woodblock print that depicted human faces, necks or hands with contorted miniature human forms as the features. These prints were popularized by Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳 (1797-1861) and continued by his pupil Yoshifuji 芳藤 (1826-87).

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