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花川戸乃助六・くわんぬき門兵衛(収載資料名:豊国画帖)

豊国 · 1858 · 遠州屋彦兵衛 · 1 picture

A Japanese woodblock print from 1858 by the artist Toyokuni, published by Enshuya Hikobei, part of a picture album of kabuki actors. Two costumed actors stand and kneel in a close pair, one in a white robe with a blue-black collar and the other in a striped blue and red patterned kimono with a crest and sword. The bold outlines, flat colour fields and patterned textiles offer a designer ready references for dramatic stage poses and layered kimono pattern.

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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