Another type of male beauty Japanese art describes and celebrates is that of warriors.
This was described as samurai on a moonlit patrol. I presume the moon is setting and thats a pale dawn sky or the moon is rising early ? There's soe wonderful red white contrasts. Note the naginata being used as a lance. Also and this is unusual its not a side or frontal view. We can see the rear of the armour. This is a working soldier on patrol not a kabuki actor posing on stage.
I get the impression this is something Yoshitoshi saw maybe even sketched. Unfortunately the first draft drawings and sketches of Japanese artists print designers or painters rarely survive.
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