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悪七兵衛景清 河原崎権十郎・三保ノ谷国俊 中村芝翫(収載資料名:豊国画帖)

豊国 · 1861 · 神田亀 · 2 pictures

A Japanese woodblock print album of kabuki actor portraits by Toyokuni, published in Edo in 1861 by Kanda Kame for a general audience of theatre enthusiasts. The two pictures show half-length actor portraits in dark blue grounds with patterned costumes, bold outlines and cartouches of calligraphic text, offering a designer strong models for flat colour, decorative textile pattern and vertical title panels.

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