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貞女みさほかゞみ(収載資料名:国芳豊国画帖)

一勇斎国芳 · 1 picture

A Japanese woodblock print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (一勇斎国芳), from a collected album of prints, depicting a kabuki-style actor in a striped kimono holding a sword against a shoji screen with shadowy figures behind him. Designers could take its strong silhouetted shadow shapes, bold striped patterning, and flat graphic composition.

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