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Helmet and Staff
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Helmet and Staff

Yashima Gakutei · 1819 · color woodcut; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

A helmet decorated with a demon holding two horns between his teeth, next to it a lacquered weapon staff with leather bands. The helmet and weapon staff refer to General Katô Kiyomasa (1562-1611), who once supposedly killed a tiger. Two poems on the print.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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surimonoweapons
Credit lineHelm en wapenstok. 1819. Yashima Gakutei. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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