Japanese original Ukiyo-e Woodblock print, Toyokuni, "Satō Tadanobu"

Artist : Utagawa Toyokuni

Description:
Size : 37×25cm (1cm≒0.39inch)
Year : Edo-period
Condition :See Pictures.
The original woodblock print.

A popular story regarding Satō Tadanobu's death involves him being attacked whilst playing a game of go. Unable to reach his weapons, he is said to have picked up the goban and used it to fight off his enemies before eventually killing himself. This episode has been a popular theme in ukiyo prints, and has also inspired kabuki plays such as Yoshino Shizuka Goban Tadanobu and Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura, and the ko-jururi play Goban Tadanobu. In many of these plays, the Tadanobu character is implied to be a fox spirit ("Genkurō"), due to his impersonation of Yoshitsune (in Japan, foxes were believed to be shape-shifters)
(from wikipedia).

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