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Avengers Characters in the Style of Japanese Ukiyo-e Prints

Avengers Woodblock

Japanese illustrator Takumi made these illustrations of characters from Avengers: Endgame in the style of Ukiyo-e prints. As Johnny Waldman notes at Spoon & Tamago, the artist took care in translating the the Marvel characters into the proper style:

The artist spent a lot of time thinking about the unique patterns and kanji names for each character. Thor is pronounced tooru in Japanese, so he assigned the Japanese equivalent, which is εΎΉ(γ¨γŠγ‚‹). Thanos’ 6 infinity stones served as the inspiration behind that name, which references the 6 realms of Buddhism.