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大星力弥(収載資料名:豊国画帖)

豊国 · 1859 · 伊勢兼 · 1 picture

A Japanese woodblock print from 1859, published by Ise Kane and designed by Toyokuni, collected in a picture album of actor portraits for an audience of print buyers in Edo. The single image shows a costumed actor in a theatrical pose holding a tall staff, against a dark ground with a lantern and bold black-and-white patterned hem, and a designer could take its flat colour blocks, strong outlines, and dramatic patterned costume.

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