Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 146995

Hotei looks at the Fighting Roosters

Artist / 作者: Miyamoto Musashi
Date / 年代: 1640-1970
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / artelino
Digital record / 画像記録: 703 × 851 px
Source collection / 所蔵元: Artelino
Published by / 公開者: 星野アカリ
Rights / 権利: All rights reserved / commercial reuse prohibited
Attribution / 表記: Artelino

Catalog note / 解説

"Hotei Kan Tokei Zu" (Hotei is Looking at the Fighting Coxs) Musashi has been the greatest hero and the sword master of Japan. Although his real life was something of mystery, his accomplishments in "the essence of samurai" (Fighting, Literature, Art) were undeniable. His exploits with the sword have been depicted in the novels and movies numerous times. His manuscript of war stratagey, "Gorin no Sho" (The Book of Five Rings) " was so famous that it was even applied for today's business environment. Here, in his Zen art, minimum brush strokes express the speed and the exactness of the legendary swordmaster.

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