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新撰東錦絵 佐倉宗吾之話（収載資料名：[武者无類外ニ三枚続キ画帖]）

芳年 · 1885 · 1 picture

A Japanese woodblock print from 1885 by the artist Yoshitoshi, issued as a picture-book leaf for a general readership and telling the story of Sakura Sogoro. The scene shows a man in a striped kimono standing beside a child in a blue patterned robe, with a paper lantern glowing red on the left and sliding paper screens behind, under falling snow. A designer might take the restrained palette of indigo, grey and red accents, the diagonal framing of the lantern and roofline, and the tender, quiet mood of a winter interior.

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