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提婆の仁三・八太夫娘かき代・雁金紺屋文七(収載資料名:豊国画帖)

豊国 · 1858 · 伊勢兼 · 3 pictures

This is a Japanese woodblock print album of kabuki actor portraits, made by the artist Toyokuni in 1858 and published by Ise-Kane for a popular audience of theatre-goers. Its three sheets show bust-length actors in bold patterned robes against inscribed, cartouche-filled backgrounds, offering a designer strong examples of checked and striped textile patterns, dynamic gesture, and dense vertical calligraphic layout.

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