Found another great print of Tomoe Gozen the famous woman warrior to share !
#Tomoegozen #womanwarrior #japaneseprint
This one is from a series by GEKKO
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Thursday, 22 April 2021
Thursday, 8 April 2021
TOMOE GOZEN on Horseback
#tomoegozen #japaneseprint #ukiyo-e
TOMOE GOZEN
Tomoe Gozen was an actual historical character a woman warrior though the clothers she wears here look more like a Kabuki costume than anything wore in or out of armor by a Heian warrior aristocrat?
However the detail is gorgeous and costume errors beside the details of the swirling horse tail and the swirling ponytail of hair are quite striking plus the stance of the horse tho that costume ...?
Given how rarely women rode horses in public in any era of Japanese history is there a story behind this image. Had he actually seen a woman on horseback or not ?
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