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当世好男子伝 公孫勝に比す幡随院長兵衛(収載資料名:豊国画帖)

豊国 · 1859 · 1 picture

This is a Japanese woodblock print from 1859 by the artist Toyokuni, published as a single sheet in an album of portraits of contemporary good men, depicting a kabuki-style actor in armour. The image is a bold, flat-colour print of a striking male figure against bamboo, with a strong vertical composition and ornate patterned armour that a designer could draw on for graphic pattern work.

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