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Source Description
Two swordsmen with blunt swords are locked in combat, and a third has taken a tumble, under the watchful eyes of Karaki Masaemon and Honda Naiki. This is an episode from a popular story of revenge--how the son of a murdered samurai tracked the killer over all Japan and finally confronted him at Iga Pass. The drama, first performed in 1777, was based on a historical incident of the 1630s.
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Document identity
localId
9768
label
Igagoe buyuden
core
obj
dtoType
print
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
9768
sourceUrl
contentType
print
stage
normalized
title
Igagoe buyuden
description
Two swordsmen with blunt swords are locked in combat, and a third has taken a tumble, under the watchful eyes of Karaki Masaemon and Honda Naiki. This is an episode from a popular story of revenge--how the son of a murdered samurai tracked the killer over all Japan and finally confronted him at Iga Pass. The drama, first performed in 1777, was based on a historical incident of the 1630s.
provenance
Robert S. Shaull [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1990, by bequest.
date
ca. 1850 (late Edo)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Prints
woodblock prints
diptychs
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
25.4
height
18.4
dimensionsRaw
each panel: 10 x 7 1/4 in. (25.4 x 18.42 cm)
style
Osaka School
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
[Signature] Hirosada
med
mulberry paper, color, ink
creator_ids
6406
collection_ids
JPK
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
6fd847e1d4ebefc9