Yoshifuji “Yokohama Sumo Wrestler Defeating a Foreigner” Framed Japanese Woodblock Art Print (A2 / A3) custom japanese tee

Yoshifuji “Yokohama Sumo Wrestler Defeating a Foreigner” Framed Japanese Woodblock Art Print (A2 / A3) custom japanese teeUKIYO E JAPANESE WOODBLOCK FRAMED ART PRINT "Yokohama Sumo Wrestler Defeating a Foreigner" () by Utagawa Yoshifuji, c. 1860s. This striking ukiyo e print belongs to the Yokohama e genre, a wave of Japanese woodblock prints produced after the opening of Japans ports to the West in the mid 19th century. It depicts a powerful sumo wrestler dramatically overpowering a Western foreigner, dressed in contemporary European clothing, while other foreigners

with bold and exaggerated facial expressions and gestures

He subdues the beast

The Japanese calligraphy to the left says: "Righteousness" is always about aspiring to the correct path as a human being

boldly placed and cut-off (to add to the almost photographic immediacy of the scene) is a traveller's palanquin

Hand printed in England

Suijin Shrine and Massaki on the Sumida River ("Sumidagawa Suijin no mori Massaki" 隅田川水神の森真崎)

♡ Slouchy laid-back style

Valentine's Day

where samurai fearlessly confronted danger and accepted death as an inevitable part of their path

JAPANESE WOODBLOCK ART

Centre part of woodblock triptych

Screen printed in England on 100% Superior Pre-Shrunk cotton T Shirt