上るりのかこや 中村芝翫(収載資料名:豊国画帖)
This is a Japanese woodblock print from 1861, a portrait of the kabuki actor Nakamura Shikan drawn by Toyokuni and published by Kakaya as part of an album of actor prints. Its pictures show a stylised actor in a dark blue patterned kimono against a grey ground with red flames, and a designer might take its bold outlines, flat colour blocks and decorative pattern repeats.
