Karuizawa Thousand Arrows

Karuizawa Thousand Arrows a set of 3 bottles. Distilled in year 1980, 1981 and 1982.

Featuring the three hero of “The Last Stand of the Kusunoki Heroes at Shijo-Nawate”, an ukiyo-e painting by Utagawa Kuniyoshi. This battle was between the army of the Southern Court and the Northern Court. In the painting, the leader Kusunoki Masatsura and his followers Wada Shinbochi Kenshu and Wada Shinbei Masatomo press forward despite a dense hail of arrows. Facing death fearlessly.

「萬箭齊發」的錦盒組每套三瓶，分別以 1980、1981、1982 年蒸餾的三桶輕井澤原桶裝瓶，全球限量 257 套。歌川國芳的浮世繪《楠家勇士》作為酒標，刻畫了日本南北朝四條畷合戰中的三位悲劇英雄：武將楠正行、以及其家臣和田正朝、和田賢秀，他們懷著赴死的覺悟向侵略者英勇抗戰，面對傾瀉箭雨也無所畏懼。