NOBUNAGA BIRTHDAY PROJECT ⓸ Nobunaga - Chokoji Ver.

Continuing the celebrations of Nobunaga birthday with an original artwork 'til June 23!

At first I intended to draw my version of Nobunaga from popolar dramas, then I decided to go with something more "cultural" instead, and picked his most famous portraits.
The first one, of course, it's the portrait of Nobunaga preserved at Chokoji Temple, in Toyota. I tried to interpret the artwork as to portray a lively Nobunaga, just how I imagine he was in his daily life.

This was painted by Soshu in 1583, a year after Nobunaga's death, and donated to the temple by his vassal Yogo Masakatsu.