Original Japanese Woodblock by Eisai Spring Battle of Honnoji Warrior 1868LS#206 Embroidery spontaneous hand

spontaneous hand

birds and people in the motif

Bamboo & Plum Blossom)

Weight =  55 pounds

Original Japanese Woodblock by Eisai Spring Battle of Honnoji Warrior 1868LS#206 Embroidery spontaneous handEisai (): (Shunei Honnoji Kassen) 1868 A single panel from a warrior triptych in the Osaka series depicting the Spring Battle of Honnoji () the 1582 betrayal and death of Oda Nobunaga at Honnoji Temple in Kyoto, one of the most dramatic turning points in Japanese history and a perennial subject in warrior print culture. The composition is rendered from an elevated vantage looking down across a fortified compound at night: a red multi story watchtower