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平太郎良門・源頼信(収載資料名:豊国画帖)

豊国 · 2 pictures

This is a Japanese woodblock print from a Toyokuni picture album, made in Edo-period Japan for a popular audience of theatre fans. The two prints show kabuki actors in costume, one with a fur-trimmed figure behind him and one holding a parasol against a dark ground with chrysanthemums. A designer might take the bold outlines, flat colour fields and patterned kimono textiles as a reference for strong graphic composition.

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