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牛若丸 市村羽左衛門(収載資料名:豊国画帖)

豊国 · 1861 · 山口 · 1 picture

A Japanese woodblock print from 1861 by Toyokuni, published in Yamaguchi, from a picture album of kabuki actor portraits. It shows an actor in a dark blue-patterned kimono with a striped sash, standing with arms folded and a sword at his waist against a deep blue ground. A designer could take the strong flat colour contrast of indigo, cream and red, and the bold outlined portrait pose set against an empty dark field.

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