歌川芳艶 Utagawa Yoshitsuya 「近世義勇伝 森五六郎」

Japan: The samurai Mori Gorokuro, from the series 'Lives of Loyal Heroes of Recent Times'. Utagawa Yoshituya (1822-1866)
Samurai is the term for the military nobility of pre-industrial Japan. By the end of the 12th century, samurai became almost entirely synonymous with bushi,
and the word was closely associated with the middle and upper echelons of the warrior class.
The samurai followed a set of rules that came to be known as Bushido. While they numbered less than ten percent of Japan's population,
samurai teachings can still be found today in both everyday life and in martial arts such as Kendo, meaning the way of the sword. Pictures From History
source : Pictures From History / Pictures From History
image date : 9.7.2015/Time Period/12TH CENTURY/2ND MILLENNIUM A.D.
topic : ART/CASTE/HISTORY/MILITARY/SAMURAI/SWORD/WARRIOR/WEAPON
geography : ASIA/JAPAN/Size
3460px × 4858px (48 MB)
29.2 cm × 41.1 cm @ 300 dpi