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芳年武者无類 遠藤武者盛遠（収載資料名：[武者无類外ニ三枚続キ画帖]）

大蘇芳年 · 1883 · 1 picture

A Meiji-era Japanese woodblock print by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, dated 1883, from an album of warrior pictures (ehon) made for a Japanese audience. The single image shows a samurai in a green kimono sneaking through a sliding door beside a paper lantern, with a dark interior and patterned screen behind him. A designer could take its strong diagonal figure, the sharp lantern glow against deep night tones, and the vertical calligraphic title cartouche as a model for dramatic composition.

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National Diet Library, Japan (国立国会図書館) · Public Domain Mark (PDM), National Diet Library · More from this library