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新撰東錦絵 ・佐野次郎左衛門の話（収載資料名：[武者无類外ニ三枚続キ画帖]）

芳年 · 1886 · 綱島亀吉 · 1 picture

A woodblock print from Japan's Meiji period, made in 1886 by the artist Yoshitoshi and published by Tsunajima Kamekichi as an ehon picture book for a general audience. The page shows a samurai-era scene in bold colour, with a figure in a patterned robe holding a paper-screened panel while a bloodied red-and-purple garment spreads across the floor and white blossom-like shapes drift in the air. A designer could take its strong red, violet and cream palette, its dramatic diagonal composition, and its theatrical use of blood-spatter as a dynamic framing device.

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