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Ogura-sen Hyakunin Isshu: Murasaki Shikibu (Kano’en Gundaiyu? and Isamu Rokichirô?, two Samurai of Aizu)

Utagawa Hiroshige III

Artwork Details

Ogura-sen Hyakunin Isshu: Murasaki Shikibu (Kano’en Gundaiyu? and Isamu Rokichirô?, two Samurai of Aizu)
circa 1843-1846
Utagawa Hiroshige III
color woodblock print on paper
14 5/16 in x 9 15/16 in (36.35 cm x 25.24 cm)
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. J.E. Val-Mejias, M.D.
1987/1.370

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Description

Subject Matter:

Samurais with swords.

Physical Description:

According to the colophon, the figures depicted in the lower part of the print are two samurai of Aizu; the large figure in the front is Isamu Sôkichirô, who has challenged the figure in the rear, Rokuya Ongun Taiyu, to a vendetta.

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