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高木折右衛門武道実録 望月左衛門・大高主殿・印南数馬・主殿●司(収載資料名:俳優画帖)

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This is a Japanese woodblock print from an ehon picture-book collection, attributed to the artist Toyokuni and published by Tsuji Yasu, with the scene shown as a kabuki actor portrait album. The image shows four costumed figures against a gold ground with pine-branch decoration and vertical calligraphic cartouches, the central warrior in a pale robe holding a long sword and the figure on the right in a patterned kimono. A designer could take the bold flat colour blocks, the gold background and the dramatic theatrical poses for period-inspired layouts.

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