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Wakanosuke, wearing yellow, grips his sword hilt in anger, barely restraining himself from drawing his sword. Moronao, the evil governor of Kamakura, having just been caught trying to seduce another's wife, insults Wakanosuke almost to the point of confrontation. The opposition of these two characters sets in motion the traumatic events to follow, including suicide and revenge.
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39701
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The Actors Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Kōno Moronao and Nakamura Fukusuke I as Momoi Wakasanosuke
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The Actors Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Kōno Moronao and Nakamura Fukusuke I as Momoi Wakasanosuke
description
Wakanosuke, wearing yellow, grips his sword hilt in anger, barely restraining himself from drawing his sword. Moronao, the evil governor of Kamakura, having just been caught trying to seduce another's wife, insults Wakanosuke almost to the point of confrontation. The opposition of these two characters sets in motion the traumatic events to follow, including suicide and revenge.
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C. Robert Snell, Oriental Arts & Antiques, Timonium, Maryland; purchased by Justine Lewis Keidel, Owings Mills, Maryland, after 1971; given to Walters Art Museum, 1991.
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1855 (late Edo)
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en
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color woodcuts
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Utagawa School
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[Signature] On print: Toyokuni ga
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ink and color on mulberry paper
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3275
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JPK
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3514
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