A Two Panel Japanese Woodblock Print – Meiji
March 2014 Auction by Far East Asian Art

Here we offer a black and white Japanese woodblock print with two different subjects. On the left we have a picture of a large wandering priest who wears a basket shaped straw hat on his head. He is looking down towards a samurai seated on the ground. Hard to figure why the priest has such a malevolent look – maybe the samurai threatened him unless he removed the basket hat...