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新撰東錦絵 おさめ遊女を学ぶ図（収載資料名：[武者无類外ニ三枚続キ画帖]）

芳年 · 1886 · 綱島亀吉 · 2 pictures

This is a Japanese woodblock print from 1886, published by Tsunashima Kamekichi and made by the artist Yoshitoshi, part of a series of Meiji-era ukiyo-e picture sheets. The record gives no stated audience, so it was most likely made for general buyers of popular prints. Both pictures show elegant figures in patterned kimono, one a seated man in pale grey robes beside a richly patterned red and blue textile, the other a woman in a checkerboard kimono with chrysanthemum motifs in a tatami room. A designer might take the bold patterned textiles, the flat colour areas and the calm interior compositions for pattern and layout work.

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