Actors [Out of Costume] Like Mount Fuji [Without Snow] in Summer (Yakusha natsu no Fuji), by Ichiba Tsūshō
Yakusha natsu no Fuji is a Japanese illustrated book of 1830 by Ichiba Tsūshō, published by Okumura Genroku, showing kabuki actors off stage in everyday settings. The double-page woodblock spreads show people in interiors conversing, drinking tea, playing games and bowing, with calligraphic text columns and sparse ink lines. A designer might take the economical linework, open interior compositions with shoji screens, and the layered use of figures against blank paper and text blocks.
![Picture 1 of 9 from Actors [Out of Costume] Like Mount Fuji [Without Snow] in Summer (Yakusha natsu no Fuji), by Ichiba Tsūshō (1830), leaf 6](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_14220-6-1.webp)
![Picture 2 of 9 from Actors [Out of Costume] Like Mount Fuji [Without Snow] in Summer (Yakusha natsu no Fuji), by Ichiba Tsūshō (1830), leaf 8](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_14220-8-1.webp)
![Picture 3 of 9 from Actors [Out of Costume] Like Mount Fuji [Without Snow] in Summer (Yakusha natsu no Fuji), by Ichiba Tsūshō (1830), leaf 9](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_14220-9-1.webp)
![Picture 4 of 9 from Actors [Out of Costume] Like Mount Fuji [Without Snow] in Summer (Yakusha natsu no Fuji), by Ichiba Tsūshō (1830), leaf 11](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_14220-11-1.webp)
![Picture 5 of 9 from Actors [Out of Costume] Like Mount Fuji [Without Snow] in Summer (Yakusha natsu no Fuji), by Ichiba Tsūshō (1830), leaf 16](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_14220-16-1.webp)
![Picture 6 of 9 from Actors [Out of Costume] Like Mount Fuji [Without Snow] in Summer (Yakusha natsu no Fuji), by Ichiba Tsūshō (1830), leaf 18](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_14220-18-1.webp)
![Picture 7 of 9 from Actors [Out of Costume] Like Mount Fuji [Without Snow] in Summer (Yakusha natsu no Fuji), by Ichiba Tsūshō (1830), leaf 19](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_14220-19-1.webp)
![Picture 8 of 9 from Actors [Out of Costume] Like Mount Fuji [Without Snow] in Summer (Yakusha natsu no Fuji), by Ichiba Tsūshō (1830), leaf 20](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_14220-20-1.webp)
![Picture 9 of 9 from Actors [Out of Costume] Like Mount Fuji [Without Snow] in Summer (Yakusha natsu no Fuji), by Ichiba Tsūshō (1830), leaf 23](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_14220-23-1.webp)