Samurai Takenaka Hanbee Shigeharu by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797 - 1861), master of ukiyo-e style of Japanese woodblock prints. Takenaka is surrounded by the attributes of a highly intellectual advisor to a military commander, including the scrolls on the sideboard and the celestial globe in the armillary sphere. Study of the disposition of heavenly bodies played a major role in the planning of the samurais' military actions, confirmed here by the stars in the night sky above the interior scene.