Omocha-e

Omocha-e (Japanese: 玩具絵, "toy prints") is a genre of Japanese woodblock prints ukiyo-e created as picture books and toys for children.[1] The genre was considered inferior to prints of kabuki actors (yakusha-e) or prints with beautiful women (bijin-ga).[2]

There were many types of Omocha-e, including paper dolls to be dressed (kisekae-e), matching-picture games (e-awase), board games (such as sugoroku), dioramas to be cut out and assembled (tatebanko or kumitate-e), and encyclopedic compilations (monozukushi).[3]

  • Omocha-e by Utagawa Yoshifuji
  • Omocha-e with horses
    Omocha-e with horses
  • Omocha-e from the picture album "Sugoroku"
    Omocha-e from the picture album "Sugoroku"
  • Omocha-e with cats and women from the picture album "Sugoroku"
    Omocha-e with cats and women from the picture album "Sugoroku"
  • New Patterns for Summer Costumes
    New Patterns for Summer Costumes
  • New Print of Hoko Float to Assemble
    New Print of Hoko Float to Assemble
  • Newly Published Comic Picture of Cats
    Newly Published Comic Picture of Cats
  • Cats in backstage at Kabuki theater
    Cats in backstage at Kabuki theater
  1. ^ "The World of Omocha-e : Opinion : Chuo Online". yab.yomiuri.co.jp. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  2. ^ Chen, Minjie (2 February 2018). "Before Pokémon and Yo-kai Watch: A Window onto One of the Earliest Unique Forms of Japanese Animé at the Cotsen Children's Library". Cotsen Children’s Library. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  3. ^ Tara M. McGowan (2013). "The Designs of Kawasaki Kyosen: Envisioning the Future of a Vanishing World through Toy Pictures (Omocha-e)". The Princeton University Library Chronicle. 74 (3): 320. doi:10.25290/prinunivlibrchro.74.3.0320.