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桃井若狹之助・加古川本蔵(収載資料名:豊国画帖)

豊国 · 1857 · 伊勢兼 · 1 picture

An 1857 Japanese woodblock print album sheet by Toyokuni, published by Iseka, collected in the Toyokuni picture album and held as a kabuki actor portrait. It shows two actors in traditional costume, one standing above and one kneeling in the foreground, with the ornate lettering and seal marks of the period. A designer could take the bold flat colour blocks, the crisp dark outlines, and the strong diagonal arrangement of two overlapping figures.

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