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Sono sugata yukari no utsushie

1852 · Edo : [publisher not identified] · 52 pictures

This Edo woodblock print book from 1852, by Utagawa Kunisada, is a Japanese ukiyo-e collection of theatre-inspired scenes, with its publisher unidentified. The pictures show richly patterned kimono, interior palace rooms with sliding screens and verandas, and seated figures in layered robes, offering a designer strong examples of flat colour, decorative pattern repeats, and compositional framing through architecture.

Utagawa, Kunisada, 1786-1864 · Wood-engraving, Japanese · Kabuki in art

Thomas J. Watson Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art · No known copyright restrictions · More from this library