Two scenes from a Samurai epic: left, a warrior brandishes his sword while an ethereal woman seeks to restrain (?) him; the severed head of a demon (?) cat lies on the ground; right, two mothers, one holding her child on her shoulder, the other seated on the ground breast-feeding. Woodcuts by Yanagawa Shigenobu, ca. 1830 (?).
- Yanagawa, Shigenobu, 1787-1832.
- Date:
- 1830? (?)]
- Reference:
- 565128i
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[Edo [Tokyo] (?) : [publisher not identified], 1830? (?)]
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2 prints : woodcuts ; sheet 22 x 27.3 cm
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Wellcome Collection 565128i
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