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絵本太功記弐(収載資料名:大阪錦絵)

広貞 · 名皐堂 · 2 pictures

This is a Japanese woodblock print from a picture book (ehon) titled Ehon Taiko-ki, part two, made by the artist Hirosada and published by Meikoudou, probably in Osaka in the 19th century. The two pictures show kabuki-style actors in theatrical costume posed beside a screen with flowering plants and blossom trees. A designer might take the flat colour fields, the blue and white patterned kimono with dense repeating motifs, and the bold framing of figures against decorative panels.

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