Mirror Images of Kabuki Actors (Yakusha awase kagami) : [volume 2]
A Japanese woodblock print album of kabuki actor portraits, published in Japan in 1804 and attributed to the artist Utagawa Toyokuni, probably for a popular audience of theatre fans. Its double-page spreads pair two actors per opening, each set against a cream ground with handwritten verse in the margins, showing dense patterned kimono and bold outlines a designer could borrow for pattern, layout, and calligraphic text areas.
![Picture 1 of 6 from Mirror Images of Kabuki Actors (Yakusha awase kagami) : [volume 2] (1804), leaf 3](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_18557-3-1.webp)
![Picture 2 of 6 from Mirror Images of Kabuki Actors (Yakusha awase kagami) : [volume 2] (1804), leaf 4](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_18557-4-1.webp)
![Picture 3 of 6 from Mirror Images of Kabuki Actors (Yakusha awase kagami) : [volume 2] (1804), leaf 6](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_18557-6-1.webp)
![Picture 4 of 6 from Mirror Images of Kabuki Actors (Yakusha awase kagami) : [volume 2] (1804), leaf 7](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_18557-7-1.webp)
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![Picture 6 of 6 from Mirror Images of Kabuki Actors (Yakusha awase kagami) : [volume 2] (1804), leaf 10](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_18557-10-1.webp)