SAMURAI & TIGER WARS: Art by Kuniyoshi and Others
Ukiyo-E Master Series, Volume 14
Softcover. 128 INCREDIBLE pages. Measures 8 1/2" X 11" $475
Japaneses designs of tigers fighting samurai.!
Rare book, out of print
Samurai & Tiger Wars features Over 100 RARE and EXCEPTIONAL Japanese woodblock prints of tigers, tigers and samurai warriors, magic tigers, and tiger accessories presented in full-page format and full color throughout.
Artists featured include KUNIYOSHI, Yoshitoshi, YOSHITSUYA, YOSHIKAZU, Kunichika, KUNISADA, Kyosai, KUNITSUNA, and numerous others – a list of many of the most outstanding ukiyo-e artists of Edo and Meiji, each of whom used their immense artistic talent and imagination to brilliantly illuminate their iconic subject.
tigers could be found in the designs of many important ukiyo-e artists, either alone or shown in conflict with legendary Japanese warriors and tiger-hunters such as Kato Kiyomasa, “conqueror” of Korea. Images of Kiyomasa and others hunting, fighting and killing tigers form perhaps the most common type of print involving man/beast death struggles. Other ukiyo-e designs focused on the mythological or “magic” aspect of tigers; in Japanese legend, tigers of a certain age acquired magical powers, and tiger magic was used in conflicts by sorcerer-warriors such as Tora-o-maru, who is depicted in numerous kabuki portraits.
Finally, a significant number of ukiyo-e images show the tiger’s image as an accessory – tigerskins worn as items of clothing or displayed as trophies, tiger designs printed onto fabric, and warriors and outlaws with ferocious-looking tiger tattoos.
Softcover. 128 INCREDIBLE pages. Measures 8 1/2" X 11"
SAMURAI & TIGER WARS: Art by Kuniyoshi and Others
Ukiyo-E Master Series, Volume 14
Softcover. 128 INCREDIBLE pages. Measures 8 1/2" X 11" $475
Japaneses designs of tigers fighting samurai.!
Rare book, out of print
Samurai & Tiger Wars features Over 100 RARE and EXCEPTIONAL Japanese woodblock prints of tigers, tigers and samurai warriors, magic tigers, and tiger accessories presented in full-page format and full color throughout.
Artists featured include KUNIYOSHI, Yoshitoshi, YOSHITSUYA, YOSHIKAZU, Kunichika, KUNISADA, Kyosai, KUNITSUNA, and numerous others – a list of many of the most outstanding ukiyo-e artists of Edo and Meiji, each of whom used their immense artistic talent and imagination to brilliantly illuminate their iconic subject.
tigers could be found in the designs of many important ukiyo-e artists, either alone or shown in conflict with legendary Japanese warriors and tiger-hunters such as Kato Kiyomasa, “conqueror” of Korea. Images of Kiyomasa and others hunting, fighting and killing tigers form perhaps the most common type of print involving man/beast death struggles. Other ukiyo-e designs focused on the mythological or “magic” aspect of tigers; in Japanese legend, tigers of a certain age acquired magical powers, and tiger magic was used in conflicts by sorcerer-warriors such as Tora-o-maru, who is depicted in numerous kabuki portraits.
Finally, a significant number of ukiyo-e images show the tiger’s image as an accessory – tigerskins worn as items of clothing or displayed as trophies, tiger designs printed onto fabric, and warriors and outlaws with ferocious-looking tiger tattoos.
Softcover. 128 INCREDIBLE pages. Measures 8 1/2" X 11"
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