当世好男子伝 花和尚魯智深に比す朝比奈藤兵衛(収載資料名:豊国画帖)
A Japanese woodblock print from 1858, published by Hayashi Shō, designed by Toyokuni for an audience of collectors and readers of ehon picture books. The single picture shows a shaven-headed actor-like warrior with bold face paint, wrapped in patterned robes of blue, red and white with floral and wave motifs, holding a fan-like flourish against a dark ground with pine branches. A designer could take from it the strong contrast of dark night ground against vivid patterned textiles, and the bold outlined calligraphic cartouche.
