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芳年武者无類 弾正少弼上杉謙信入道輝虎（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 woodblock print from 1883 by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, the artist signing as Taiso Yoshitoshi, from a series of warrior portraits in the Japanese picture-book (ehon) tradition. The print shows a mounted warrior in a dark storm of clouds, with a red-and-blue armoured figure carrying a banner, and the composition offers designers a strong model for dramatic diagonal movement, layered cloud forms, and bold red accents against deep night tones.

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