Women Warriors on the Battlefield. In pre-modern Japan, the Onna-musha were female warriors who were just as powerful and deadly as their male samurai counterparts. This warrior class came into existence around 200 CE.

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Onna-musha – 1

Screenprint, block transfer print, post-print additions of ink brushwork, watercolour detail and wash, dip-ink pen, white and black acrylic inks on 100% cotton triple layer archive paper .. 23cm x 40cm

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Onna-musha – 2

Screenprint, block transfer print, post-print additions of ink brushwork, watercolour detail and wash, dip-ink pen, white and black acrylic inks on 100% cotton triple layer archive paper .. 40cm x 23cm

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Onna-musha – 3

Screenprint, block transfer print, post-print additions of ink brushwork, watercolour detail and wash, dip-ink pen, white and black acrylic inks on 100% cotton triple layer archive paper .. 40cm x 23cm

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Onna-musha – 4

Screenprint, block transfer print, post-print additions of ink brushwork, watercolour detail and wash, dip-ink pen, acrylic paint, white and black acrylic inks on 100% cotton triple layer archive paper .. 40cm x 23cm

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Onna-musha – 5

Screenprint, block transfer print, post-print additions of ink brushwork, watercolour detail and wash, dip-ink pen, white and black acrylic inks on 100% cotton triple layer archive paper .. 40cm x 23cm

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Onna-musha – 6

Screenprint, block transfer print, post-print additions of ink brushwork, watercolour detail and wash, dip-ink pen, white and black acrylic inks on 100% cotton triple layer archive paper .. 23cm x 40cm

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Onna-musha – 7

Screenprint, block transfer print, post-print additions of ink brushwork, watercolour detail and wash, dip-ink pen, white and black acrylic inks on 100% cotton triple layer archive paper .. 40cm x 23cm

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Onna-musha – 8

Screenprint, block transfer print, post-print additions of ink brushwork, watercolour detail and wash, dip-ink pen, white and black acrylic inks on 100% cotton triple layer archive paper .. 40cm x 23cm

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Onna-musha – 9

Screenprint, block transfer print, post-print additions of ink brushwork, watercolour detail and wash, dip-ink pen, white and black acrylic inks on 100% cotton triple layer archive paper .. 40cm x 23cm

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Jenn Zed

Ms. Zed is an artist, writer and musician who lives in Bath, England, with the ghost of her cat.

She studied art, art history, and design MA at Bath and Cambridge Universities.


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