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(無題)(収載資料名:豊国画帖)

豊国,香蝶楼豊国 · 1858 · 小川 · 3 pictures

A Japanese woodblock print album sheet of kabuki actors, made by Utagawa Toyokuni and Kochoro Toyokuni in 1858 and published by Ogawa, likely for a popular urban audience. The pictures show actors in elaborate costumes and framed tableaux with painted screens, scenic inset panels, and a boat scene, offering a designer dense patterned textiles, layered framing devices, and bold flat colour blocks typical of Edo-period theatre prints.

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