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Pictorial Calligraphy - Ko (character for "child")
Yi Dynasty Korea
19th Century
Length 77 cm
Below text courtesy of JAANUS.
Moji-e = Print with Letters. A picture with the Japanese syllabary cleverly used as part of the motif. Another type of moji-e was called ashide-e, where entwined grass, flowers or water motifs took the form of Japanese syllables. These were popular during the Heian period. In the Edo period, it became popular to cleverly arrange letters in the folds and outlines of the garments worn by samurai or beautiful women in the prints. This device can be seen in ukiyo-e by Torii Kiyomasu (fl.c. 1696-1716), paintings by Okumura Masanobu (1686-1764) and picture calendars (e-goyomi) by Kiyomasu II, Nidai Kiyomasu (1706-63). Single-sheet multi-color moji-e also survive by Isoda Koryuusai (fl.mid-1760s-80s), Katsukawa Shunshou (1726-92) and Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849).
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