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横蔵 中村芝翫・慈悲蔵 河原崎権十郎(収載資料名:豊国画帖)

豊国 · 1861 · 海老林 · 1 picture

A Japanese woodblock print album from 1861 by the artist Toyokuni, published by Ebayashi, made for a general Japanese audience of theatre and picture-book readers. The single picture shows a kabuki actor in a bold, close-up portrait against a dark night-sky ground, with a rich pattern of gold and blue robes and a bright red face; a designer might take its strong flat colour blocks, dramatic cropping, and dense ornamental textile patterning.

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