牛若丸 市村羽左衛門(収載資料名:豊国画帖)
A Japanese woodblock print from 1861 by Toyokuni, published in Yamaguchi, from a picture album of kabuki actor portraits. It shows an actor in a dark blue-patterned kimono with a striped sash, standing with arms folded and a sword at his waist against a deep blue ground. A designer could take the strong flat colour contrast of indigo, cream and red, and the bold outlined portrait pose set against an empty dark field.
