The Warrior Asahina Yoshihide Lifting a Puppet of a Courtesan on a Go Board mid-18th century Torii Kiyoshige This bizarre but intriguing ukiyo-e painting shows the famous medieval warrior Asahina Yoshihide balancing a puppet of an early Edo-period courtesan on a thick wooden go game board. A young female attendant holds one of Asahinas hairy legs steady while he performs this muscular act of derring-do. A retainer of the Minamoto clan who fought with family members in a revolt against H?j? shogunal regents in 1213, Asahina was a historical figure of note. But he is better remembered through literary accounts as the son of the female warrior Tomoe Gozen and through his regular representation in kabuki plays as a warrior of superhuman strength. Asahinas crest was a crane motif, as seen here, but if the scene is based on theater, the kabuki play that inspired it has yet to be discovered.. The Warrior Asahina Yoshihide Lifting a Puppet of a Courtesan on a Go Board. Torii Kiyoshige (Japan

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The Warrior Asahina Yoshihide Lifting a Puppet of a Courtesan on a Go Board mid-18th century Torii Kiyoshige This bizarre but intriguing ukiyo-e painting shows the famous medieval warrior Asahina Yoshihide balancing a puppet of an early Edo-period courtesan on a thick wooden go game board. A young female attendant holds one of Asahinas hairy legs steady while he performs this muscular act of derring-do. A retainer of the Minamoto clan who fought with family members in a revolt against H?j? shogunal regents in 1213, Asahina was a historical figure of note. But he is better remembered through literary accounts as the son of the female warrior Tomoe Gozen and through his regular representation in kabuki plays as a warrior of superhuman strength. Asahinas crest was a crane motif, as seen here, but if the scene is based on theater, the kabuki play that inspired it has yet to be discovered.. The Warrior Asahina Yoshihide Lifting a Puppet of a Courtesan on a Go Board. Torii Kiyoshige (Japan

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