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女房音羽・稲川次郎吉・鉄ケ嶽陀右衛門(収載資料名:豊国画帖)

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This is a Japanese woodblock print album of kabuki actor portraits, published in Edo-period Japan and attributed to the artist Toyokuni, intended for collectors and theatre fans. The two pictures show bust-length actors in patterned kimono: one pair in checked and patterned robes with gold-accented fabric and fans, and one standing figure in a striped white and navy patterned coat holding a fan and a dark round object. Designers might take the dense, flat patterning, bold kimono motifs, and strong red, navy and cream colour blocks as reference for textile or poster pattern work.

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