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三浦の小紫・白井権八(収載資料名:豊国画帖)

豊国 · 1860 · 大虎 · 2 pictures

This is a Japanese woodblock print album sheet by Utagawa Toyokuni, published in 1860 by Daitora, showing kabuki actors in character portraits. Its two pictures are full-length or half-length studio portraits on dark blue grounds, with the actors' names printed in cartouches beside the figures. A designer might take from them the layered patterned kimono textures, the bold red and blue palette, and the calligraphic title panels set against plain backgrounds.

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