Woodblock Print by Yoshiharu: Warriors At the Sunrise

The sun rises in red stripes and nobody stops to look at it.

Warriors At the Sunrise is a Japanese woodblock print by Yoshiharu, dated 1852, in ink on paper. Prints of heroes and samurai were among the most popular subjects of the ukiyo-e era, often drawn from kabuki and well-known battle tales. Two sheets form the composition. On the left a warrior in green swings a long blade over a crouching retainer, and on the right a second fighter drops low beneath a twisting pine. Red rays fan across the sky behind them, with boats lined up on the water. It is 19.1 inches wide and 14.5 high.

A fine morning for it, apparently.