Sugitani Print

 This is a woodblock print from Utahawa Yoshitsuya (1864) showing Sugitani Zenjubo attempting to assassinate Oda Nobunaga. The incident took place in 1570 just before the Battle of Anegawa. Harunaga is supposed to Nobunaga. 

The Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga (pp. 199-200)

" Sugitani Zenjubo was a crack shot. Some years ago, when Nobunaga had the occasion to cross the Chikusa Pass, Sasaki Jotei hired him to ambush Nobunaga in the mountains. Sugitani loaded his harquebus with two bullets and fired in cold blood from a distance of twelve or thirteen ken [twenty-two to twenty-four meters]. But the Way of Heaven watched over Nobunaga, and the bullets merely grazed his body. Having escaped from the jaws of the crocodile, Nobunaga reached Gifu Castle safely."

In 1573 Sugitani Zenjubo was captured and had his head sawed off.

Nobunaga no tame!