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奴凧平 市川市蔵・夢想兵衛 下り中村鶴助(収載資料名:豊国画帖)

豊国 · 1862 · 海老林 · 2 pictures

This is an 1862 Japanese woodblock print from the Toyokuni picture album, published by Ebayashi, showing kabuki actors in theatrical costume for a popular audience. The pictures show a samurai-costumed figure riding a large red bird and a comic dancing figure with a red umbrella, with bold outlines, flat colour and patterned robes a designer could draw on for pattern and layout.

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