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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)

豊国 · 1858 · 林庄 · 1 picture

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.

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