当世好男子伝 林中に比す鮫鞘四郎三(収載資料名:豊国画帖)
A Japanese woodblock print from 1859 by Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni), issued as a plate in a picture album of contemporary fine men, a series of kabuki-style actor portraits made for a popular Edo audience. The print shows a bust-length male figure with a bold, angular face, a dark topknot, and a white-and-grey scarf, set against stalks of bamboo; its strong black outlines, flat patterned fabrics, and dense, graphic textile and foliage motifs suit designers working on bold illustrative pattern, poster composition, or heritage-style packaging.
