Thursday, May 12, 2022

(2622) Ukiyo-e woodblock prints...

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...were commercial art even in their time, 200-300 years ago. So it isn't at all strange to see them advertising unagi (which by now we all know that it is eel and not something related to the martial arts.) 

(For a bigger version of this picture both in color and black and white, check my "Japan Arekore" set on Flickr).


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