Entitled: "Nasu no yoich"; shows Japanese warrior Nasu no Yoichi seated on a horse; he is holding a bow in his left hand and looking back at enemy vessels offshore. Nasu no Yoichi (1169 -1232) was a samurai who fought alongside the Minamoto clan in the Genpei War. He is particularly famous for his actions at the Battle of Yashima in 1184. According to the Heike Monogatari, the enemy Taira placed a fan atop the mast of one of their ships, claiming it protected the ship from arrows, and daring the Minamoto warriors to shoot it off. Sitting atop his mount in the waves, his target atop the ship rocking as well, Nasu nevertheless shot it down with only one shot. Woodcut by Ginko Adachi, 1885.

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