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五斗兵衛盛次(収載資料名:豊国画帖)

豊国 · 1860 · 辻岡屋 · 1 picture

A woodblock print from 1860 by Toyokuni, published by Tsujiokaya, in the Japanese picture book tradition for a general audience of collectors and readers. The picture shows a bald-headed man in a green patterned kimono with a red lacquered helmet-like headdress behind him, resting his cheek on a hand with a gold-tipped pipe tucked into his hair, against a pink and cream patterned background with a fan motif. A designer might take its flat colour blocks, bold outlines and strong pose from this print for a 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