Samurai leading a tiger on a shore by ships, woodblock print – Historic Reproduction
(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 Samurai leading a tiger on a shore by ships, woodblock print, a historic print rich in period detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Samurai leading a tiger on a shore by ships, woodblock print
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Few subjects in Japanese woodblock prints are as unusual as a samurai leading a tiger along a shore crowded with ships. Tigers were not native to Japan, so artists typically knew them through Chinese painting and secondhand accounts rather than live animals, which often gave such scenes a legendary or allegorical tone. The ships point to the maritime world of the period, when foreign vessels were a familiar but tightly controlled presence in Japanese ports. Prints like this were carved into blocks, inked, and pressed onto paper, which let images circulate widely at modest cost.
| Original scan | 3,587 × 4,497 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 3g08463_ |
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