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
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  Omocha-e with horses
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  Omocha-e from the picture album "Sugoroku"
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  Omocha-e with cats and women from the picture album "Sugoroku"
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  New Patterns for Summer Costumes
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  New Print of Hoko Float to Assemble
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  Newly Published Comic Picture of Cats
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  Cats in backstage at Kabuki theater