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新わらおみよ・穂積新三郎(収載資料名:豊国画帖)

豊国 · 1860 · 清常 · 1 picture

A Japanese woodblock print from 1860 by the artist Toyokuni, published by Seijō, drawn from a picture album of his work and aimed at a general readership of collectors and print lovers. The print shows a close pairing of a man in a striped green-and-gold kimono gripping a sword with a woman behind him whose hair is pinned with gold ornaments, set against a deep navy ground. A designer might take its tight cropping, strong dark-to-warm colour contrast, and the flat, outlined treatment of hair and fabric patterns.

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