The Warrior Asahina Yoshihide Lifting a Puppet of a Courtesan on a Go Board, 朝比奈義秀図, Edo period (1615–1868), mid-18th century, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink, color and gold on paper, Image: 30 in. × 7 15/16 in. (76.2 × 20.1 cm), Paintings, Torii Kiyoshige (Japanese, active ca. 1716–1759), 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 Asahina’s hairy legs steady while he performs this muscular act of derring-do
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