Ogura Imitation of the One Hundred Poems (series title), Samurai Hasebe Nobutsura, is buttoning up his` undergarments, while looking back at the attacking troops, of which only the lanterns are depicted. In his mouth he holds the purple cloth wrapped favorite flute of his master, Prince Mochihito. The white stylized butterfly on the red lanterns is the family crest of the Taira clan. Scene from a kabuki play. Poem by Mibu no Tadami., print maker: Utagawa Kuniyoshi, (mentioned on object), Yokogawa Takejiro, (mentioned on object), publisher: Ibaya Senzaburô, (mentioned on object), Japan, 1843 -

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Ogura Imitation of the One Hundred Poems (series title), Samurai Hasebe Nobutsura, is buttoning up his` undergarments, while looking back at the attacking troops, of which only the lanterns are depicted. In his mouth he holds the purple cloth wrapped favorite flute of his master, Prince Mochihito. The white stylized butterfly on the red lanterns is the family crest of the Taira clan. Scene from a kabuki play. Poem by Mibu no Tadami., print maker: Utagawa Kuniyoshi, (mentioned on object), Yokogawa Takejiro, (mentioned on object), publisher: Ibaya Senzaburô, (mentioned on object), Japan, 1843 - 1846, paper, color woodcut

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