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新撰東錦絵 武蔵塚原試合図（収載資料名：[武者无類外ニ三枚続キ画帖]）

芳年 · 1885 · 2 pictures

A Meiji-era Japanese woodblock print from 1885 by the artist Yoshitoshi, published as part of a picture book of warriors for a general Japanese readership. The pictures show a swordsman in a sweeping snowy landscape and an elderly sword maker at work in a workshop beside hanging blades. Designers could take the strong diagonal compositions, the patterned hakama, and the bold contrast of dark garments against snow and wood.

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