Onna-Musha – Series

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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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Ms. Zed is an artist and writer who lives in Bath, England, with the ghost of her cat. She studied art, art history, and design at Bath and Cambridge universities.

 

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