Original Print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi c1849 Menjō Katsuteru Battle of Shizugatake LS#173 Paper Made with wooden pin construction

Made with wooden pin construction

Some individual needles have broken though at a distance this doesn't stand out

such as flowers

Antique Chinese low cabinet constructed from hardwood with a deep red lacquer surface

About the size of a hen egg it features blue and purple plum blossoms on branches among white clouds of fading winter

Original Print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi c1849 Menjō Katsuteru Battle of Shizugatake LS#173 Paper Made with wooden pin constructionUtagawa Kuniyoshi () Menju Sosuke Ieteru (Heroes of the Taiheiki) Powerful warrior portrait from Kuniyoshis landmark Heroes of the Taiheiki series. The design portrays the youthful retainer Menj Katsuteru (Menju Katsusuke)here given the pseudonym Menju Sosuke Ieteru to comply with Edo period censorshipcharging into enemy ranks to retrieve his lords captured standard. Spears jab from the margins, arrows and swords litter the ground, and Kuniyoshis