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Source Description
This print refers to a famous scene from "Meiboku Sendai Hagi" ("The Disputed Succession"), a play in which a group of conspirators tries to kill the "Oshu daimyo" (feudal lord) and his son. Nikki Danjo, an evil character with occult powers, changes into a rat in order to retrieve a list of fellow conspirators that has fallen into the hands of the son's loyal nurse. The actor Matsumoto Koshiro V plays Nikki Danjo.
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Document identity
localId
34092
label
Meiboku Sendai Hagi
core
obj
dtoType
print
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
34092
sourceUrl
contentType
print
stage
normalized
title
Meiboku Sendai Hagi
description
This print refers to a famous scene from "Meiboku Sendai Hagi" ("The Disputed Succession"), a play in which a group of conspirators tries to kill the "Oshu daimyo" (feudal lord) and his son. Nikki Danjo, an evil character with occult powers, changes into a rat in order to retrieve a list of fellow conspirators that has fallen into the hands of the son's loyal nurse. The actor Matsumoto Koshiro V plays Nikki Danjo.
provenance
Mrs. Peggy W. Fuller [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1988, by gift.
date
1821 (late Edo)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Prints
color woodcuts
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
37.2
height
25.8
dimensionsRaw
H: 14 5/8 x W: 10 3/16 in. (37.2 x 25.8 cm)
style
Osaka School
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Signature] Shunkosai Hokushu
med
mulberry paper, color, ink
creator_ids
15052
3594
collection_ids
JPK
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
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3ac47d5684c30dd7