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香蝶楼豊国,一陽斎豊国 · ト山口 · 3 pictures

This is a Japanese woodblock print album of actor and beauty portraits by Utagawa Toyokuni and his circle, with publisher Tozan-ya, from the Edo-period print tradition, likely for collectors and theatre-going audiences. The three full-length figures stand against pale grounds with townscapes, bridges and riverside views, and their layered patterned kimono, checks, stripes and floral motifs offer a designer strong ideas for textile pattern, layering and muted indigo-and-ochre palettes.

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