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当世好男子伝 行者武松に比す腕の袁三郎(収載資料名:豊国画帖)

豊国 · 1858 · 林庄 · 1 picture

A Japanese woodblock print from 1858, published by Hayashi Shō and made by the artist Toyokuni for a general readership, drawn from the Toyokuni picture album series. The single image shows a tattooed man in a blue patterned kimono holding a cloth to his shoulder against a dark pine-branch background, with a bold, stylised face and a cartouche of calligraphy at the top. A designer could take the strong contrast of indigo and cream, the dense tattoo linework, and the framed calligraphic label layout.

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