smithsonianlibraries:Japanese painter Asai Chu is well known for being a prominent yoga (Western-sty
smithsonianlibraries:Japanese painter Asai Chu is well known for being a prominent yoga (Western-style) painters in Japan during the Meiji period. In this two volume book, Tōsei fūzoku gojūban utaawase, he and writer Ikebe Yoshikata collaborated to create this book of uta awase, a poetry contest of sorts. Together, the set contains fifty humorous East-meets-West scenes taking a look at modernization during the Meiji period.While we don’t have a translation of the text, the whimsical illustrations are delightful and well worth exploring!當世風俗五十番歌合 池辺義象 著 浅井黙語（浅井忠） 画 1907年 -- source link
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