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新撰東錦絵 延命院日当話（収載資料名：[武者无類外ニ三枚続キ画帖]）

芳年 · 1885 · 綱島亀吉 · 2 pictures

A Meiji-period Japanese woodblock print series by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, published in 1885 by Tsunajima Kamekichi, belonging to the ehon tradition of picture books. The two pictures show interior scenes with a shaven-headed man in pale robes kneeling by a sword in a tatami room, and a woman in a red patterned robe combing her hair beside a lacquered tray and a bold wave-patterned screen. A designer might take the flat colour blocks, strong outlines, and patterned textiles and screens as a reference for layered, decorative composition.

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