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梅暦見立八勝人 八 男達一富士の高右衛門(収載資料名:豊国画帖)

豊国 · 1859 · ゑひすや · 1 picture

A Japanese woodblock print from 1859, published by Ebisuya and attributed to Toyokuni, drawn for a popular audience of readers and collectors of ukiyo-e actor and figure prints. The single image shows a bust-length male figure in patterned dark robes turning his head sharply, set beside a column of vertical calligraphy in a red-and-cream frame, offering a designer strong examples of bold flat colour, patterned textile surfaces and vertical text-panel layout.

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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