5.Kobayashi, Tadashi. "Mitate-e in the Art of Ukiyo-e Artist Suzuki Harunobu" from The Floating World Revisited. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1993. 85-91

5. "Mitate-e in the Art of the Ukiyo-e Artist Suzuki Harunobu" is the most specific article I read. Kobayashi discusses what Mitate-e is and then uses Harunobu's work as a perfect example. Harunobu created Mitate-e through images alone or with the aid of the written word. Kobayashi's essay comes off as being very effective because he is writing about his original ideas. With phrasing like "as part of my studies on Harunobu, I looked up all the classical poetry found on Harunobu's prints", Kobayashi adds a sense of importance and truth to the reading. Having said this I found that even though the theories that Kobayashi presents seem to be strong he does not exactly give all the evidence to back them up. Kobayashi does not present his theories as fact leaving the reader thinking about weather or not they feel his points are valid.

I found this article very interesting. I feel that Kobayashi presents the subject matter in a way that entices the reader. After reading this article I wanted to examine Harunobu's prints, I wanted to solve the riddle. Kobayashi wrote this article well but he also had the help of a good subject matter. To me the idea of Mitate-e is intriguing, if these prints were striking a comedic cord in the public then today they provide a window into what pleased citizens and what was common knowledge. Another aspect of this article that kept my attention was Kobayashi's use of examples. The stories were short interesting and he used enough of them to illustrate his point without overkill.

Kelly Brant