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碁盤忠信雪黒石 いがみの権太・権太妹おさと・主馬小金吾武郎(収載資料名:俳優画帖)

一陽斎豊国 · 辻安 · 1 picture

A Japanese woodblock print album (ehon) published by Tsujiya, drawn by Ichiyōsai Toyokuni, collecting actor portraits of kabuki performers in stage roles. The double-page spread shows three figures in a snowy bamboo setting, with a blue-robed man at right beside a lacquered chest or palanquin and two companions at left, one holding a red-and-gold parasol. A designer could take the striped and patterned kimono textures, the snow-dusted bamboo framing, and the bold layered colour of the scene.

Japanese picture books (ehon)

National Diet Library, Japan (国立国会図書館) · Public Domain Mark (PDM), National Diet Library · More from this library