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芳年武者无類 相模次郎平将門(収載資料名:[武者无類外ニ三枚続キ画帖])

大蘇芳年 · 1883 · 1 picture

A Meiji-era Japanese woodblock print from 1883 by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, part of an ehon picture album of warriors, showing a samurai legend in bold color. The scene shows a rearing white horse, a mounted warrior in red and black armour swinging a sword, and a fallen figure in the foreground, set against a pale sky and mountains. A designer could take its dramatic diagonal composition, flat color blocks, and dynamic action poses.

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