Tag Archive: samurai

Daimyo Dog

Our Chihuahua Mousey will spend the Year of the Dog overseeing his neighborhood as a feudal lord. Visit my Redbubble shop to purchase this design as a t-shirt, sticker or gift item. Visit… Continue reading

Seven Samurai

Ink drawing, based on a movie still from Seven Samurai (1954). (below) Initial pencil sketch.

Red Lion (Toshiro Mifune)

When I was little, my dad took me to the theater to watch samurai movies. Red Lion, starring Toshiro Mifune, is one film that I remember vividly. It was funny and action-filled. It… Continue reading

In Another Place and Time

Welcome to 17th-Century Japan! The white nobori, black sashimono, and red uma-jirushi are the banners of Mototsugu Goto (1573 – 1615). “Goto” is my mom’s maiden name and is the one samurai surname… Continue reading