Skip to main content
Wellcome Collection homepage
  • Visit us
  • What’s on
  • Stories
  • Collections
  • Get involved
  • About us
Sign in to your library account
Search for anything
Library account
Concept

Samurai

Images

  • Self-protection : today, Trasidrex provides protection for the 'heart-at-risk'.
  • A fierce samurai holding a spear fighting an effeminate samurai on a bridge. Watercolour, 18--.
  • Samurai directing foot soldiers as they build up shore defences. Colour woodcut by Yoshitora, 1847/1850.
  • Self-protection : today, Trasidrex provides protection for the 'heart-at-risk'.
  • This print of a Samurai warrior is sent to you with the compliments of CIBA. One of a series used in the promotion of the antihypertensive agent Ismelin : CIBA.
All images (31)

Catalogue

    • Pictures
    • Online

    A Japanese woman taking a dog for a walk compared with an effeminate samurai. Watercolour, 18--.

    | Date: [between 1800 and 1899] | Reference: 730365i
    • Pictures

    A samurai holding his spear while drinking from a blue and white porcelain cup. Colour woodcut by Kuniyoshi, 1847/1848.

    Utagawa, Kuniyoshi, 1798-1861. | Date: 1847/1848 | Reference: 36224i
    • Pictures

    A samurai with his sword raised about to strike at the spear of an unseen attacker. Colour woodcut by Yoshitora, 1866.

    Utagawa, Yoshitora, active 1850-1870. | Date: Month 5, 1866 | Reference: 36372i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    A samurai standing on the lap of a great, outdoor stone statue of the King of Hell, fighting off a mob of assailants. Colour woodcut by Yoshitora, 1843/1846.

    Utagawa, Yoshitora, active 1850-1870. | Date: 1843/1846 | Reference: 36341i
    • Pictures

    A samurai seated before an ornate screen and holding a fan. Colour woodcut by Yoshitora, 1866.

    Utagawa, Yoshitora, active 1850-1870. | Date: Month 5, 1866 | Reference: 36371i
All works (44)

Wellcome Collection

183 Euston Road
London NW1 2BE

+44 (0)20 7611 2222
info@wellcomecollection.org

  • Getting here

Today’s opening times

  • Galleries
    10:00 – 18:00
  • Library
    closed
  • Café
    10:00 – 18:00
  • Shop
    10:00 – 18:00

Opening times

Our building has:

  • Step free access
  • Hearing loops

Access information

  • Visit us
  • What’s on
  • Stories
  • Collections
  • Get involved
  • About us
  • Contact us
  • Jobs
  • Media office
  • Developers
  • Privacy and terms
  • Cookie policy
  • Manage cookies
  • Modern slavery statement
Twitter
Facebook
Instagram
SoundCloud
YouTube
Tripadvisor

Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence