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寺岡平右衛門(収載資料名:豊国画帖)

豊国 · 1858 · 1 picture

A Japanese woodblock print from 1858 by the artist Toyokuni, collected in an album of his drawings and published for a general audience of theatre and print buyers. The image shows a kabuki actor in a dark blue kimono with a patterned sash, glaring downward, while a second framed portrait of a costumed man sits in a swarm of flying insects above him. Designers might take its bold figure silhouette, strong blue and green palette, and the rhythm of small scattered motifs against open paper space.

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