Nakau Ei, member of the International Ukiyo-e Society, takes us on a phantasmagoric journey through the universe of superheroes that populate the world of Japanese woodcuts, the wonderful prints printed on wooden matrices that were the privileged means of expression of a particular artistic production of the Edo era (1603-1868): ukiyoe, the "images of the floating world".

Of these prints, those depicting ancient samurai express an unquenchable desire for strength and beauty, pulsing with an authentic romantic passion aimed at the brave men who fought in the most turbulent periods of Japanese history. The lege......
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