101 Great Samurai Prints

I have been an enthusiastic fan most of my life of anything to do with the martial arts and the warrior arts. The Japanese Samurai “Code of Bushido” (Way of the warrior) has always been part of my lifestyle having trained in numerous martial arts (Judo, Jujitsu, Karate-do, Kenjutsu, Wakizashi-Jutsu etc.) systems over the years. I have also been interested in Japanese poetry (Haiku) and art forms like the Japanese style of woodblock prints. I recently purchased this wonderful volume (101 Great samurai Prints by Utagawa Kuniyoshi) of Samurai prints for a reasonable price on Amazon. Even though I have seen many of these Japanese wood block prints in the past, what makes this book unique is that on each page they not only have a full color print of a Samurai, but it also has a short explanation on the bottom of the page of who the drawing is supposed to be and what it means. Some of the prints include the following Samurai: Oda Nobunaga, who was a famous war lord, the Samurai commander Imagawa Yoshimoto, Takenaka Hanbee Shigeharu, who was the intellectual advisor to a military commander, The Samurai Skai Ukon Masanao with his Katana (Long sword) drawn, Yamanaka Shikanosuke Yukimori, a Samurai in full armor and numerous other beautiful prints. If you are into the Japanese martial arts and artistic arts, you will love this fantastic set of beautiful Samurai Prints. Rating: 5 Stars. Joseph J. Truncale (Author: The Samurai Soul: An old warrior’s poetic tribute).

Great reference material for the artist or history buff

Traditional Japanese art, very cool

Sou de há muito interessado no Ukyio-e, e estas gravuras de samurai são esplêndidas

O livro é ótimo, a resolução das imagens é muito boa. Não sei por qual motivo pensei que fosse capa dura, o que agregaria valor (na minha opinião), mas não é, no entanto isso não tira mérito nenhum da obra! Um belo livro!