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雀形屏風の張交(収載資料名:豊国画帖)

豊国 · 1858 · 湊小 · 2 pictures

A Japanese woodblock ehon picture book printed in 1858 by the publisher Minatoya, credited to the artist Toyokuni, and aimed at a general readership of prints collectors and playgoers. Its pages pair round or lozenge-framed portraits of kabuki actors and courtesans with bold flat colour, patterned kimono textures and calligraphic cartouches, offering a designer ideas for framing devices, layered portrait composition and decorative pattern blocks.

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