絵本舞台扇
A Japanese ehon picture book, Ehon butai ōgi, illustrated by Katsukawa Shunshō and Ichihitsusai Buncho and published in 1764 by Gankinya Ihei in Edo for a readership of theatre fans. Its pages show kabuki actors as fan-shaped vignettes, each in a striking costume with patterned kimono, sword and fan, drawn in flat colour with bold outlines. A designer could take from them the fan-shaped cropping, the layered textile patterns and the compact figure poses of woodblock printing.
