Shougi board,“YamatoTakeru & Wrath of God”
2015
size / (H)20cm×(W)33cm×(L)36cm
Yamato Takeru is a hero in the ancient imagination of Japan.
After the conquest for “Kumaso”&“lzumotakeru”,Yamato Takeru was ordered to conquer easterner and northerner.His story with many heroic tales was made from collage of plural heroes and these draw ancient struggle of Japan.
This is the scene of the last fight that Yamato Takeru challenged.He challenged it barehanded without having a sacred sword “Kusanagi no turugi” but do not match a mountain god handling weather and he defeated. After that he whom mind and body were utterly exhausted by leaves this life without looking at the hometown.