mitate-e
Sign in to savethumb|Painting, hanging scroll, mitate-e, 1425. Parody of Zhuang Zi's dream of butterflies: courtesan wearing surcoat decorated with hanging coloured wisteria blooms and green brocade belt with design of water-wheels and trailing leaves of aquatic candock plant, seated leaning on Chinese writing-table with vase of peony, and looking up at butterfly. Ink, colour and gold on silk. Collection, British Museum
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thumb|Painting, hanging scroll, mitate-e, 1425. Parody of Zhuang Zi's dream of butterflies: courtesan wearing surcoat decorated with hanging coloured wisteria blooms and green brocade belt with design of water-wheels and trailing leaves of aquatic candock plant, seated leaning on Chinese writing-table with vase of peony, and looking up at butterfly. Ink, colour and gold on silk. Collection, British Museum
In Japanese art, mitate-e () is a subgenre of ukiyo-e that employs allusions, puns, and incongruities, often to parody classical art or events.