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慈悲蔵 河原崎権十郎(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, as a page in the Toyokuni picture album, depicting a kabuki actor for a theatre-going audience. The print shows a bust-length actor in a dark-haired wig with a scowling expression, wearing a blue kimono patterned with a grey and yellow cascade of rounded motifs against a deep blue ground, gripping a wooden staff in red-sleeved hands. A designer might take its strong figure-against-pattern contrast, bold blue and red colour blocking, and dramatic close framing.

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