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奴蘭平・大江音人(収載資料名:豊国画帖)

豊国 · 1858 · 太田屋多吉 · 2 pictures

A Japanese woodblock print album of kabuki actor portraits, made by the artist Toyokuni in 1858 and published by Ota-ya Takichi in Edo for a popular audience. The two prints show a costumed actor in a dramatic pose holding a sword, drawn in bold outlines and flat areas of saturated colour against patterned backgrounds, with richly patterned robes and dark stylised hair; a designer could take the strong contour lines, layered decorative pattern, and high-contrast colour blocks.

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