Sanada Yukimura Finest Warrior Calligraphy Art Poster

日本一の兵: Japan's finest warrior, literally "Number one warrior in Japan", it is the praise given by Shimazu Tadatsune, the famed veteran of the invasion of Korea, for his bravery against the larger army of Tokugawa. 真田幸村: Sanda Yukimura, or actual name Sanada Nobushige, was a Japanese samurai warrior of the Sengoku period. He was especially known as the leading general on the defending side of the Siege of Osaka. Other than 日本一の兵, Yukimura was also called "A Hero who may appear once in a hundred years", "Crimson Demon of War" and "The Last Sengoku Hero". In the background is the kamon (family crest) of Sanada, Rokumonsen (六文銭) or "Six coins", following Musubi Karigane (結び雁金) or "Knotted wild goose", and Suhama (洲浜) or "Sandbank"