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曽我五郎・曽我十郎(収載資料名:豊国画帖)

豊国 · 1860 · 相ト · 1 picture

This is a Japanese woodblock print from 1860, published by Aitō and drawn by Toyokuni, collected in an album of his picture sheets for popular readers of ehon. Two warriors in striped kimono and dark hats crowd the foreground, one holding a long sword while a torch blazes at upper left. A designer could take the bold interlocking figures, the dense blue-and-white stripe pattern, and the flaring flame as strong graphic devices for poster 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