{"product_id":"9781840683189","title":"Samurai And Tiger Wars: Art by Kuniyoshi and Others","description":"As the creation of Japanese woodblock prints grew in popularity in the late Edo period, tigers could be found in the designs of many important ukiyo-e artists, either alone or shown in conflict with legendary Japanese warriors and tiger-hunters such as Kato Kiyomasa, “conqueror” of Korea. Images of Kiyomasa and others hunting, fighting and killing tigers form perhaps the most common type of print involving man\/beast death struggles.\u003cp\u003eOther ukiyo-e designs focused on the mythological or “magic” aspect of tigers; in Japanese legend, tigers of a certain age acquired magical powers, and tiger magic was used in conflicts by sorcerer-warriors such as Tora-o-maru, who is depicted in numerous kabuki portraits. Finally, a significant number of ukiyo-e images show the tiger’s image as an accessory – tigerskins worn as items of clothing or displayed as trophies, tiger designs printed onto fabric, and warriors and outlaws with ferocious-looking tiger tattoos.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTIGER AND SAMURAI WARS features over 100 rare and exceptional Japanese woodblock prints of tigers, tigers and samurai warriors, magic tigers, and tiger accessories, presented in full-page format and full colour throughout. The artists featured in the book include Kuniyoshi, Yoshitoshi, Yoshitsuya, Yoshikazu, Kunichika, Kunisada, Kyosai, Kunitsuna, and numerous others – a list of many of the most outstanding ukiyo-e artists of Edo and Meiji, each of whom used their immense artistic talent and imagination to brilliantly illuminate their iconic subject.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Shinbaku Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47032522604784,"sku":"9781840683189","price":33.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781840683189_p0.jpg?v=1763740307","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781840683189","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}