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八重垣姫 沢村田之助・武田勝頼 中村芝翫・ぬれ衣 市川新車(収載資料名:豊国画帖)

豊国 · 1861 · 丸鉄 · 3 pictures

This is a Japanese woodblock print album sheet by Utagawa Toyokuni (Toyokuni III, also called Kunisada), published in Edo in 1861 by the Marutetsu firm, for a popular audience of theatre fans. The sheets show kabuki actors in costume, and a designer could take from them the bold flat colour fields, patterned kimono textiles, and dense decorative borders typical of late Edo prints.

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