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芳年武者无類 野見宿称・当麻蹴速（収載資料名：[武者无類外ニ三枚続キ画帖]）

大蘇芳年 · 1 picture

A Japanese woodblock print from an ehon picture book by Ōsō Yoshitoshi, a late nineteenth-century Meiji artist, showing a legendary wrestling contest between Nomi no Sukune and Taima no Kehaya. The bold figures in blue patterned robe and black garment, set against a plain grey ground, give a designer strong silhouettes, dramatic diagonal poses and a limited palette of indigo, black and flesh tones.

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