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新撰東錦絵 神明相撲闘争之図（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

A Meiji-period Japanese woodblock print series by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, published in 1886 by Tsunajima Kamekichi, in the ehon picture-book tradition, likely made for a general popular audience in Tokyo. The pictures show muscular sumo wrestlers in dramatic action, with bold flat colour, strong black outlines and dynamic diagonal compositions a designer could borrow for energetic poster or editorial layouts.

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