The Battle of Kawanakajima
Okay this turned out to be a lengthy post, with all the pics included. So I'm putting it in a cut.
The 4th Battle of Kawanakajima, is considered the climax of the clashes between Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen.
It is where Kenshin storms off with his horse amidst battle to face Shingen, and slay him with his sword. Which Shingen luckily deflected with his famous fan. The pics are small to save space from your flist, click, and all will lead to a bigger version easier for your eyes.
This has been portrayed with a statue,
This scene has been filmed 04.08.2007 (a very windy day, see my short series of screenshots from the Ryu no Gotoku of how they scened this).
The practice
And the final rundown
And what I actually wanted to share with yous is the followings. It's something I found and couldn't keep for myself. All are from "The Sword and Blossom Poems" volume 3. It holds woodblock illustrated poetry, translated into English from the original Japanese.
Thanks to the maintainers of this site, who scanned the material and shared it online. (For those who are interested in Japanese style illustrations, this site contains many more woodblock prints, it's pretty to see, and useful for designing eg. kimonos etc.)
First, is a poem by Rai Sanyo completed with an illllustration by Yoshimune
I've not been able to find the original Japanese version -if you do, please share-, and it strikes me that Shingen is here referred to as a snake, while he was known to be the Tiger of Kai. Even though he is Kenshin's enemy, Kenshin regarded him as a worthful opponent..
Then second, about the battle of Kawanakajima
And last but not least, a Kenshin poem about his Echigo.
The 4th Battle of Kawanakajima, is considered the climax of the clashes between Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen.
It is where Kenshin storms off with his horse amidst battle to face Shingen, and slay him with his sword. Which Shingen luckily deflected with his famous fan. The pics are small to save space from your flist, click, and all will lead to a bigger version easier for your eyes.
This has been portrayed with a statue,
This scene has been filmed 04.08.2007 (a very windy day, see my short series of screenshots from the Ryu no Gotoku of how they scened this).
The practice
And the final rundown
And what I actually wanted to share with yous is the followings. It's something I found and couldn't keep for myself. All are from "The Sword and Blossom Poems" volume 3. It holds woodblock illustrated poetry, translated into English from the original Japanese.
Thanks to the maintainers of this site, who scanned the material and shared it online. (For those who are interested in Japanese style illustrations, this site contains many more woodblock prints, it's pretty to see, and useful for designing eg. kimonos etc.)
First, is a poem by Rai Sanyo completed with an illllustration by Yoshimune
I've not been able to find the original Japanese version -if you do, please share-, and it strikes me that Shingen is here referred to as a snake, while he was known to be the Tiger of Kai. Even though he is Kenshin's enemy, Kenshin regarded him as a worthful opponent..
Then second, about the battle of Kawanakajima
And last but not least, a Kenshin poem about his Echigo.
