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清郷妻雛衣 岩井粂三郎・佐藤正清 片岡仁左衛門・佐藤主斗之助 片岡我当(収載資料名:豊国画帖)

豊国 · 1861 · 林庄 · 3 pictures

This is a Japanese woodblock print album of kabuki actor portraits by Utagawa Toyokuni, published by Hayashi Shō in 1861 for a general audience. Its three prints show costumed actors in close half-length poses against dark grounds, with bold patterned kimono, stylised faces and inscribed cartouches. A designer could take the dense textile patterning, the strong figure-to-ground contrast of saturated colour on black, and the vertical title columns as a layout model.

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