常磐津連中（収載資料名：豊国画帖）
This is a Japanese woodblock print album (ehon) from 1860, made by the artist Toyokuni and published by Sasamata, for a general audience of collectors and readers of popular prints. The pictures show kabuki-style actors in patterned kimono, with a row of musicians in red robes playing shamisen and holding a fan against maple leaves and lanterns, and a tight close-up of a woman in red and blue patterned silk. A designer might take the bold flat colour blocks, dense geometric textile patterns, and the tiered staging of figures from the upper register.
