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大鷲文吾(収載資料名:豊国画帖)

豊国 · 1859 · 伊勢兼 · 1 picture

A Japanese woodblock print album page of 1859, made by the artist Toyokuni and published by Ise Kane for a general readership of collectors and theatre fans. The picture shows a kabuki actor in a bold red-and-black face paint, black hair piled high, and a patterned dark kimono with a sword at the waist, set against a large brown pale-disc backdrop. A designer might take its strong contrast of flat colour blocks, bold outline and dramatic close-up posing.

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