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恋合端唄尽 小万・三五兵衛(収載資料名:豊国画帖)

豊国 · 1860 · 若与 · 1 picture

A Japanese woodblock print from 1860 by Toyokuni, published by Wakayo, a picture-book sheet of kabuki-style figures, likely made for a popular Edo-period audience. The print shows a woman in a blue patterned kimono with elaborate hair ornaments beside a samurai in a grey-blue robe holding a sword, with a column of handwritten calligraphy above them. A designer might take its bold flat colour blocks, dense calligraphic text panel, and layered patterned fabrics as a model for graphic 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