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皆鶴姫 沢村田之助(収載資料名:豊国画帖)

豊国 · 1861 · 山口 · 1 picture

A Japanese woodblock print from 1861 by Toyokuni, a single-sheet actor portrait with a title cartouche, printed for a popular audience and collected in an illustrated album. The picture shows a bust-length figure with an elaborate pale blue floral wig and kimono patterned in red, green and blue chrysanthemum-like motifs against a deep indigo ground, offering a designer strong colour contrast and dense textile pattern.

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