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鷲塚八平治 中村翫大郎・捕人三八・捕人武十郎・稲田幸蔵 中村芝翫・捕人福太郎・井筒屋新助 市村羽左衛門・金屋いろは 沢村田之助(収載資料名:豊国画帖)

豊国 · 1861 · 魚栄 · 2 pictures

This Edo-period woodblock print from 1861, drawn by Toyokuni and published by Gyoei, is a kabuki actor portrait for theatre-going townspeople, one of a set collected in a picture album. The upper image shows a circular medallion of a woman with an elaborate hairpin against deep blue, while the lower image shows a samurai-style actor raising a sword over a crouching opponent, both in dense indigo and red with strong black outlines and flat color. A designer might take the bold circular framing, the dark indigo grounds with red accents, and the dramatic diagonal of the raised blade.

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National Diet Library, Japan (国立国会図書館) · Public Domain Mark (PDM), National Diet Library · More from this library