Yoshimoto's Camp Painting

Here is a painting of a scene where Yoshimoto is offered gifts at his camp during the Battle of Okehazama.  Nobunaga hired the Men of the Fields to gather intelligence as well as the chance to slow down Yoshimoto's advance.  A man named Tozaemon along with priests from Chofukuji Temple welcomed Yoshimoto's army with gifts.  A Buddhist priest by the name of Zenku also provided refreshments.  One must remember on that day of the battle, the weather was hot, humid, and sticky.  Yoshimoto and the rest of the Imagawa army was exhausted and the gifts that they received was a welcome.  What Yoshimoto and his army did not know that they were being set up into a trap by Nobunaga.


Nobunaga no tame!