Akechi Samanosuke Mitsuharu crosses a lake on horseback, The warrior Akechi Samanosuke Mitsuharu (? -1582), the nephew of Akechi Mitsuhide, crosses a lake on his horse. Mitsuharu was a retainer of Oda Nobunaga (1534-82). Nobunaga was betrayed by Mitsuhide and Mitsuharu went to his castle to kill his wife and children, after which he committed suicide. With two poems., Motonobu (mentioned on object), Japan, 1815 - 1825, paper, colour woodcut, h 209 mm × w 179 mm

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Akechi Samanosuke Mitsuharu crosses a lake on horseback, The warrior Akechi Samanosuke Mitsuharu (? -1582), the nephew of Akechi Mitsuhide, crosses a lake on his horse. Mitsuharu was a retainer of Oda Nobunaga (1534-82). Nobunaga was betrayed by Mitsuhide and Mitsuharu went to his castle to kill his wife and children, after which he committed suicide. With two poems., Motonobu (mentioned on object), Japan, 1815 - 1825, paper, colour woodcut, h 209 mm × w 179 mm

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