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歌川豊国三世画 · 32 pictures

A Japanese ehon picture album of woodblock-style figure drawings, attributed to the artist Utagawa Toyokuni III (Kunisada) and printed in Japan, apparently as design models or pattern sheets for prints. The pictures show standing and crouching male and female figures in kimono and robes, often with fans, swords or umbrellas, set against bamboo, pines, willows and stylised clouds, with inscribed titles and seals beside them. A designer could take from them the economical black outline drawing, the flat tonal washes of green and grey, and the way figures are framed by foliage and cropped scenery.

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