Christian Warriors
- Date:
- 1958
- Medium:
- Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
- Dimensions:
- 47 × 71.4 cm
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
Description
"Christian Warriors," from 1958, depicts the Japanese Christian samurai (kirishitan) of the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries — the warriors who converted to Christianity under the influence of Jesuit missionaries and who wore rosaries with their armor and carried crosses into battle. This fusion of Japanese martial culture and European religion produced some of the most dramatic visual imagery of the Sengoku period, and Kawakami renders it with his characteristic sympathy for the human beings caught between cultures and belief systems.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Christian Warriors was created by Sumio Kawakami (川上澄生) in 1958.
Christian Warriors depicts religious.
Christian Warriors measures 47 × 71.4 cm.