Ukiyo e parallels to the cloudy chapters of the Genji (series title on object), Veerman Tonbei is angry with his daughter Ofune, who is kneeling in front of him, because she is in love with the nobleman Nitta Yoshimine. Tonbei wanted to have Yoshimine arrested in exchange for a large reward, but Ofune helped him escape. When Tonbei raises his sword through the floor, thinking he will kill Yoshimine, he turns out to have killed his own daughter Ofune., print maker: Utagawa Kuniyoshi, publisher: Iseya Ichiemon, Japan, 1845, paper, color woodcut, height 363 mm × width 242 mm

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