Samurai @ The British Museum

I received my woodblock prints back from the framers.
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Samurai today?




What is SASSEN ?（English）

The SASSEN swords are equipped with a built-in pressure sensor that is Bluetooth connected to a tablet which can then provide automated scores.
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I obtained this lovely print this week. It’s about 150 years old and I rather like it’s fatigued, insect-eaten appeared which testifies to its age.

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It shows Satō Tadanobu (佐藤 忠信) was a Japanese samurai of the late-Hein-period (794-1185). He was a follower of the great leader, Miyamoto no Yoshitsune. According to the Genpei Juisuki, he was one of the Yoshitsune Shitennō (義経 四天王; literally "Yoshitsune's Four Heavenly Kings").

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 hefty, wooden Go board and used it to fight off his enemies before eventually killing himself.
 
I only have a scroll of Marishiten. I’ve never seen a wood block print of Marishiten 🤷🏾‍♂️
 
Gyakuto said:
I obtained this lovely print this week. It’s about 150 years old and I rather like it’s fatigued, insect-eaten appeared which testifies to its age.

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It shows Satō Tadanobu (佐藤 忠信) was a Japanese samurai of the late-Hein-period (794-1185). He was a follower of the great leader, Miyamoto no Yoshitsune. According to the Genpei Juisuki, he was one of the Yoshitsune Shitennō (義経 四天王; literally "Yoshitsune's Four Heavenly Kings").

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 hefty, wooden Go board and used it to fight off his enemies before eventually killing himself.
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He killed himself with a board game?
 
Gyakuto said:
Yes, it bored him to death as all board games bore me!

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Yes I know the feeling , they are war games without the action, frustrating.



By the way, these nice Japanese woodblock prints, would you know if such are available in poster format .
Especially as the one in your post
 
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I procured this rather nice, palm-sized bronze of Marishiten recently. It looks more like the ancient Indian depiction.
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The one in her right hand means ‘moon’ (tsuki) and the one in her left is ‘sun’ -
On’yomi (Chinese reading): にち (Nichi) or じつ (Jitsu), Kun'yomi (Japanese reading): ひ (Hi), か (Ka), or び (Bi)

When they’re together they mean ‘bright, clear, light’.
 
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