Japanese Print "Samurai in Distress" by Tomioka Eisen
Artist:Tomioka Eisen
Title:Samurai in Distress
Date:1900-1910s.
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Source:artelino - Japanese Prints
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Description:
"Hagi no Iori". Vol.4, No.13. Frontispiece illustration from the popular literary magazine, Bungei Kurabu, which was aimed at largely female readers in Meiji - Taisho era. Here, a captured samurai on a moonlit night. A girl wearing hair ornaments is in the right inset.
