Men haori with dragon, Haori for a man with a decoration on the lining of a rectangular image of a dragon among clouds, partially overlapped at the bottom left by a square with a calligraphic text: 'Daijobu kotae yuhi' (literally: 'confirmingly answering the big leap', Forward for the big leap with a certain mind), signature 'Nanshu', seal: 'Takamori' Saigo Takamori (1828-1877) was a high-ranking samurai who played an influential role in the early Meiji period, as an opponent of far-reaching Western influences. The text here perhaps refers to Takamori's desire to invade Korea, in that
Men haori with dragon, Haori for a man with a decoration on the lining of a rectangular image of a dragon among clouds, partially overlapped at the bottom left by a square with a calligraphic text: 'Daijobu kotae yuhi' (literally: 'confirmingly answering the big leap', Forward for the big leap with a certain mind), signature 'Nanshu', seal: 'Takamori' Saigo Takamori (1828-1877) was a high-ranking samurai who played an influential role in the early Meiji period, as an opponent of far-reaching Western influences. The text here perhaps refers to Takamori's desire to invade Korea, in that nationalistic sense the dragon could be a symbol of the Keizershuis. Black glossy silk (habutae) with decoration in stenciled yuzen. Five family weapons (mon) from three folding fans (ogi)., anonymous, Japan, 1920 - 1940, silk, h 130 cm × w 102 cm
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