Woodblock print of an armored samurai wrestling a striped tiger among bamboo

Watonai Capturing a Tiger

Name: Watonai Capturing a Tiger Art Print
Brand: Motley Prints
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Paper:: Each piece is printed on premium archival paper with rich inks for vivid color and crisp detail. Sizes are standardized to keep things simple and affordable.

About this print

An armored warrior has a tiger by the scruff on open rock, bamboo and blue sky behind them, neither party willing to concede. Watonai is the half-Japanese hero of a wildly popular puppet play, and hand-to-hand tiger combat was his signature move. Kunisada stages it as a wrestling match, which is the correct call.