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金輪五郎今国・杉酒屋娘お三輪(収載資料名:豊国画帖)

豊国 · 丸久 · 1 picture

A Japanese woodblock print (ehon) by Toyokuni, published by Marukyu, held in a national library collection, showing kabuki actors in stylised costume. The image is a close, cropped scene: a bold actor in a dark robe patterned with gold dragons and cloud scrolls looks down toward a woman in a red and white geometric kimono. Designers might take the dense patterned textiles, the strong diagonal composition, and the flat saturated palette of black, red, gold and teal.

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