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Fearless Tomoe by Hideo Takeda — Japanese Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)

Fearless Tomoe

by Hideo Takeda

Medium:
Mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock)
Image courtesy of
Saru Gallery

Description

Two armored warriors clash on rearing horses—one black, one dappled gray—their bodies rendered in patterned blue, white, and red armor with quivers of black-and-white fletched arrows on their backs. One figure raises a curved white sword overhead while the other draws a bow, set against a flat gold background faintly patterned with cloud or foliage motifs. Signed "Hideo Takeda" in pencil at the lower right and numbered in the lower left, this mokuhanga print renders the battle scene in bold, hard-edged outlines with saturated, opaque color blocks.

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Fearless Tomoe was created by Hideo Takeda (武田秀雄).