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豊国 · 1862 · 加ゝや · 2 pictures

This Japanese woodblock print from 1862, issued by publisher Kagaya and drawn by Toyokuni, belongs to a kabuki actor print series made for theatre audiences in Edo. Two pictures show a kneeling actor in a patterned kimono holding a long wooden club or staff, while a standing actor in a dark robe with a blossom-covered tree behind him watches, their poses and dense ink-and-colour patterning offering a designer studies in dramatic stage composition and bold textile motifs.

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National Diet Library, Japan (国立国会図書館) · Public Domain Mark (PDM), National Diet Library · More from this library