Japanese woodblock print of a samurai on horseback – Antique Wall Art
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Step back in time with Japanese woodblock print of a samurai on horseback, a historic print rich in period detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
Choose the framed print, ready to hang the day it arrives, or the unframed print for a frame of your own. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Japanese woodblock print of a samurai on horseback
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A samurai on horseback is the subject here, shown mid-stride with his mount and armor rendered in the bold outlines and flat color fields typical of Japanese woodblock printing. Prints of mounted warriors drew on a long tradition of battle imagery, and by the late 1800s they were widely sold to a public fascinated by the vanishing world of the samurai after the Meiji Restoration ended the warrior class's political role. Look closely at the carved lines of the horse's mane and the patterned textiles, which show how skilled carvers translated brush-like gestures into repeatable printed form. The title identifies the subject but says little about the artist, so attribution beyond the general genre remains uncertain.
| Original scan | 3,611 × 4,458 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 3g08461_ |
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