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両国夕涼ミの図(収載資料名:国芳豊国画帖)

香蝶楼豊国,一陽斎豊国 · 古勝 · 3 pictures

A Japanese woodblock print album (ehon) of the Edo period, made by the Utagawa school painter Toyokuni and published by Kokatsu, probably for a general urban audience. Its pictures show kabuki-style actors and fashionable townspeople on a riverbank at dusk, with boats, bridges and lanterns behind them, offering a designer a study of bold flat colour, patterned kimono textiles and the layering of figure against a receding waterfront.

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