Yamamoto Kansuke Killing a Wild Boar
- Date:
- 1868, 4th lunar month
- Medium:
- Woodblock print (nishiki-e), ink and color on paper
- Format:
- Oban
- Dimensions:
"Yamamoto Kansuke Killing a Wild Boar" (1868) depicts the Sengoku strategist Yamamoto Kansuke in an act of hunting rather than battle—the wild boar hunt was a traditional test of warrior courage and physical power in Japanese martial culture. Kansuke served as the chief military advisor to Takeda Shingen and died at the Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima in 1561, reportedly charging alone into the enemy lines when a battle plan he devised failed. Yoshitoshi renders him at the moment of the hunt's violent climax, his spear or blade driving toward the charging animal.
1888
Color woodblock print; oban
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Yamamoto Kansuke Killing a Wild Boar was created by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (月岡芳年) in 1868, 4th lunar month.
Yamamoto Kansuke Killing a Wild Boar depicts animals.
Yamamoto Kansuke Killing a Wild Boar measures 37.2 × 24.3 cm (Oban format).