What is "muzan-e"

The Muzan-e, also known as the "Bloody Prints", refers to Japanese woodcut prints of violent nature published in the late Edo period and Meiji Period.

One of the earliest and most well-known examples is the collection by the artists Yoshitoshi and Yoshiiku from the 1860s, which depicted several gruesome acts of murder or torture based on historical events or scenes in Kabuki plays.