Samurai Fighting Giant Salamander Kuniyoshi Poster

Enjoy this beautiful reproduction art poster of the famous ukiyo-e print 歌川国芳 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798 - 1861). In this image, the samurai Hanagami Danjo no jo Arakage in Izumo is fighting a giant salamander with his short sword. The range of Kuniyoshi's subjects included many genres: landscapes, beautiful women, Kabuki actors, cats, and mythical animals. He is best known for depictions of the battles of legendary samurai heroes. Ukiyo-e ("pictures of the floating world") is a genre of Japanese woodblock prints (or woodcuts) and paintings produced between the 17th and the 20th centuries, featuring motifs of landscapes, tales from history, the theatre, and pleasure quarters. It is the main artistic genre of woodblock printing in Japan. The Floating World store on Zazzle painstakingly digitally restores these historical treasures to contemporary vivid colours and fixes basic aging issues. Paper texture and colour are maintained because it reveals the aged beauty of these master works of art. Our ukiyo-e posters, cards, and gifts are lovingly created to bring this ancient art to your home.