Original Japanese Woodblock by Eisai Spring Battle of Honnoji Warrior 1868LS#206 Embroidery birds and people in the

birds and people in the motif

Motif: Oni (demon face)

Shunga or "Spring Art" such as this was outlawed throughout Japan for centuries but persisted even by the very most famous artists

This statue depicts all three around a pot of gold coins

and the solid-block Katsura body produces a soft

Original Japanese Woodblock by Eisai Spring Battle of Honnoji Warrior 1868LS#206 Embroidery birds and people in theEisai (): (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