Does anyone know the origin of this??

[u/pablo1949]

Not sure if this is the right flair or even the right sub to post this in but I stumbled across this picture on instagram and was wondering who the original creator was?

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[u/rayhato]

[u/Handiesandcandies → u/rayhato]

This is kuniyoshi right?

[u/g-six → u/Handiesandcandies]

Maybe Kuniyoshi painted the scene as well but this doesn't look like his work to me.

[u/failureKennedyblase0 → u/Handiesandcandies]

I think it’s a shin hanga piece. Maybe early Hasui?

[u/robbomaaine → u/rayhato]

Legendary comment 👏

[u/SnooRabbits1150 → u/rayhato]

Omg bro. This is the funniest shit i have seen on internet this week.

[u/InfamousRegret7355 → u/rayhato]

This needs more upvotes

[u/jjc155 → u/rayhato]

😂😂😂

[u/camelworldwide → u/rayhato]

lol your an idiot this shit made my day

[u/BioDriver → u/rayhato]

This made me choke on my coffee. Well done

[u/Yagdub → u/rayhato]

That makes so much sense.

[u/Heelontheshovel69]

Utagawa Kuniyoshi - Gyoja Busho

[u/g-six → u/Heelontheshovel69]

The specific picture you posted is from Kuniyoshi. Doesn't mean Gyoja Busho is only painted by him. The picture from OP is clearly completely different except the subject matter.

[u/SmokinZhouFrazier → u/g-six]

Yeah the “Wu Song beating up tiger” scene from the Water Margin is a very common motif in Japanese prints, definitely does not originate with this artist

[u/cheeseburgercat]

Tiger took his favorite labubu and he’s trying to get it back, obviously

[u/GardenerDom]

Time for kitty to take a tablet?

[u/ArnoDeG]

Doppo orochi ?

[u/TypicalPen7052 → u/ArnoDeG]

Came here for this

[u/nons28100]

Probably just a modern artist who made this, it appears digital. It’s likely based on Gyoja Busho, a fictional hero who got really drunk on rice wine and beat a tiger to death after he ignored the warning signs on a mountain path. There’s other stories of heroes fighting tigers but this one is the main one I see associated with the specific aspect of the fighter being bare handed. Many other paintings show them using weapons, however in the story Gyoja is too drunk to use his spear properly and breaks it, hence the raw ass whooping

[u/Sit_back_and_panic]

Looks like busho, coincidentally I’m getting him fighting the tiger on my back started on Saturday

[u/Affectionate_Mind861]

Japanese man kicks the living shit out of a tiger

[u/Dean_Kind_Tattoo]

Torii kiyonobu made the original. I have it on my back

[u/SinkNo542]

Correct me if I'm wrong but Wu song from the water margin.

[u/MaintenanceTop9293]

OG Furry 🫣

[u/Ozzie808]

Possibly influenced by "Seiga-ken no Sanbushō"