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見立月雪花 浦里時次郎(収載資料名:豊国画帖)

豊国 · 1859 · 木屋 · 1 picture

A Japanese woodblock print from 1859 by Toyokuni, published by Kiya, collected as a plate in a picture album of ehon design. The portrait-format sheet shows a woman and a man in the bold, stylised manner of Edo-period actor and beauty prints. A designer could take the patterned kimono, with its geometric lattice and sunburst motifs in red, cream and deep blue, and the strong contrast of flat colour areas against the dark background.

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