Ukiyo e parallels to the cloudy chapters of the Genji, Samurai Endô Musha Moritô stands on the stone steps to the Jigan temple with the head of his beloved Kesa Gozen in his hands. Kesa Gozen was married to another man and Edô Moritô decides to kill this man in his sleep. As a faithful wife, Kesa Gozen takes her husband's place, after which Edô Moritô, who is unaware of this, kills his lover. This becomes clear to him the next morning., print maker: Utagawa Kuniyoshi, publisher: Iseya Ichiemon, Japan, c. 1846, paper, color woodcut, height 365 mm × width 249 mm

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