This reproduction is a new, individually printed and proofed, superior quality, giclee* process, fine art print.

It is printed on 100% cotton rag acid-free, heavyweight fine art paper with a luxurious textured watercolor paper finish and archival pigment inks to ensure permanence.

Image Size: 12 x 8.4 inches, it is printed on larger 16 x 13 inch paper to allow ample room for matting and framing.

Japanese Samuari Woodblock Print Reproductions

Akashi Tadamasu in a peasant's disgiuse, c.1820s
by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1862)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1862) was one of the last great masters of the Japanese ukiyo-e style of woodblock prints and painting. The range of Kuniyoshi's preferred subjects included many genres: landscapes, beautiful women, Kabuki actors, cats, and mythical animals, and most famously for his depictions of the battles of samurai and legendary heroes.

During the course of his career he produced numerous warrior prints, drawing much of his subjects from war tales such as Tale of the Heike (Heikei monogatari) and The rise and fall of the Minamoto and the Taira (Genpei seisuki). His warrior prints were unique in that they depicted legendary popular figures with an added stress on dreams, ghostly apparitions, omens, and superhuman feats.

Kuniyoshi’s prints in this series are from Heroic Biographies from the Tale of the Great Pacification (Taiheiki eiyu den) which depicted the most well known samurai warriors from the last stages of the Japanese civil wars of the sixteenth century.

Reproduction Medium – Textured, Fine Art Paper and colored pigment inks
Image Size: 12 x 8 inches (printed on larger 16 x 13 inch paper to allow ample borders for matting and framing)

NOTE: The Da Vinci Art Prints watermark on this image is for computer viewing only and of course NOT on the actual print.

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**the giclee process produces a high quality, fine art reproduction from a high-resolution digital file of an image. The file is then printed with a high-resolution photo generation printer on a fine art paper. Most artists and working photographers today use the giclee process to produce reproductions of their original artwork and photographs.

As with any original art or fine art reproduction, it is recommended that prints are framed and displayed under glass to prevent color fade or shift over the years.