#chikanobu was according of what little I have found about him a #samurai of rank high enought to have had some art training in the traditional Kano style which I explains a lot about his fondness for Background gradients. However due to his involvement in rebellions against the backlash against the #meiji regime he was probably the only #ukiyo-e artist I know of who was both originally of samurai rank and may have fought or seen actual cavalry battles or at least one of the last of them
This #print is from his #talesoftheheike series
Chikanobu is one of the few artists to depict a volley of arrows and how armour to deflect arrows or hinder them from reaching flesh and the detail ...a sandal thats come loose ...men who've lost their helmets raising their arms to shield their faces ... surely this is an image by someone whos actually been on a battle field and isnt just copying a kabuki pose !
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