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Japanese woodblock print of armored warriors fighting in swirling water, with a horse at left and cherry blossoms at upper right.

A Battle in Mid-Stream

A hand-colored woodblock print shows armored warriors fighting in stylized water, one raising a long pole with a crested standard beneath blossoming cherry branches. A dark horse stands at left, and the surging waves below are rendered in swirling white and grey lines on a tan ground.

Artist
Torii Kiyonobu I
Date
c. 1705-10
Medium
Hand-colored woodblock print; ōban, tan-e
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 3134 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1715).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection

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