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
$500–$4,000. Common subjects: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: As an early sosaku-hanga pioneer, Kawakami's prints have historical significance. His distinctive graphic style is collected.
"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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Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Christian Warriors was created by Sumio Kawakami (川上澄生) in 1958.
Christian Warriors depicts religious.
Christian Warriors measures 47 × 71.4 cm.
