Akemashite Omedetou Gozaimasu! Happy New Year! As always, we celebrate it Nobunaga style. You know, the golden lacquered skulls that were displayed at Gifu Castle in 1574. The Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga (p. 204)
"Item The head of Asakura Sakyo no Daibu Yoshikage. Item The head of Azai Shimotsuke. Item The head of Azai Bizen.
These had been taken by Nobunaga the previous year in the North. The banquet began when the aforesaid three skulls, lacquered and gilt, were brought out on white wooden dinner trays as a relisto the sake."
Heads of Asakura Yoshikage, Azai Nagamasa, and Azai Hisamasa.
Nobunaga no tame!
