Shizu Peak moon

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Shizu Peak moon 

(Shizugatake no tsuki) 

 October 1888

Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536-1598) blows his famous war conch to signal his troops before the crucial battle of Shizugatake in 1582.  Hideyoshi's army marched fifty miles during the night to reach the battlefield at dawn, and was victorious.

 

 

  

THE WARRIOR X

 

Taiso Yoshitoshi

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