Scene from the Third Act of the Drama "Soga Aigo", Katsukawa Shunshō, 1769 spring

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Scene from the Third Act of the Drama 'Soga Aigo', Edo period (1615–1868), 1769 spring, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 12 5/8 x 5 3/4 in. ( x cm), Prints, Katsukawa Shunshō (Japanese, 1726–1792), In a driving nighttime rainstorm, Kagekiyo poses with his right arm around a large stalk of bamboo, holding a sheathed sword in his upraised left hand as he looks down at Seigen, seated at his feet. Seigen, a renegade Buddhist monk from Kiyomizu temple in Kyoto, and Kagekiyo are characters in the play Soga Brothers: Loving Care of Young Pines (Soga Moyō Aigo no Wakamatsu

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Size: 2599px × 4565px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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