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武州崎玉郡野島地蔵尊於湯島天神境内開帳図(収載資料名:国芳豊国画帖)

香蝶楼豊国,一陽斎豊国 · 清常 · 3 pictures

This is a Japanese woodblock print album of kabuki-style actor portraits and figures, made by the Utagawa school artists Toyokuni (Kochoro and Ichiyosai Toyokuni) and published by Seijō, probably in Edo in the nineteenth century. The three pictures show standing full-length figures in patterned robes and fans set against townscapes with temple roofs, shrine gates and pine trees. A designer could take from them the flat colour fields, the bold outlines, and the way figures are placed against layered architectural backdrops.

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