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蛍狩当風俗 (収載資料名:豊国画帖)

豊国 · 1860 · ゑひすや · 4 pictures

A Japanese woodblock print from 1860 by Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni), published by Eshiya, showing a fashionable 'Hotaru-gari' fireflies-hunting scene in the style of a ukiyo-e picture album for a popular urban audience. The four pictures show a man in a dark kimono patterned with blue dragons, waves, and chrysanthemums against a night garden of yellow flowers and drifting fireflies. A designer could draw on the indigo-and-cream palette, the dense textile patterning, and the dark night backgrounds punctuated by small glowing dots.

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