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釈菊憧梅健信士 四代目尾上菊五郎(収載資料名:豊国画帖)

豊国 · 1860 · 1 picture

A Japanese woodblock print from 1860 by Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni), part of an album of portraits for a Japanese readership. It shows an actor in a dark blue kimono with white floral crest patterns, with calligraphic inscriptions and a red seal in the margins. A designer might take its flat colour blocks, bold outlines, and decorative textile patterns for a layout or pattern reference.

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