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ContributorsUtagawa Kunisada (Artist) / 歌川 国貞 (Artist) / The Pride Publishing Company (Publisher)
Created1851
Description

This diptych shows the ghost of Asakura Tōgo 朝倉當吾 returning to haunt the man responsible for his death, the corrupt governor Orikoshi Tairyō 織越大領. A kappa (a traditional folk monster) tumbles comically at Orikoshi’s feet.

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ContributorsUtagawa Toyokuni (Artist) / 歌川 豊国 (Artist) / The Pride Publishing Company (Publisher)
Created1815 to 1823
Description

This diptych shows the kabuki actors, Iwai Hanshirō V 五代目 岩井半四郎 as Hanaregoma Chōkichi 放駒長吉 (left) and Nakamura Daikichi 中村大吉 as Nuregami Chōgorō 濡髪長五郎 (right) dueling amongst straw bales of rice.

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ContributorsToyohara Kunichika (Artist) / 豊原 国周 (Artist) / Horikō Sakai (Contributor) / 彫工 栄 (Contributor) / The Pride Publishing Company (Publisher)
Created1867
Description

This triptych shows a scene from the kabuki play Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (Yoshitsune and the Thousand Cherry Trees).

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ContributorsUtagawa Yoshikazu (Artist) / 歌川 芳員 (Artist) / The Pride Publishing Company (Publisher)
Created1858
Description

This ōban triptych depicts Minamoto Yoshitsune 源 義經 (center left) and his retainers after their victory over the troops of Minamoto no Yoshinaka at the battle of Hōjūjidono in 1184. The warrior monk Musashibō Benkei 武藏坊 辨慶 sits to the right of Yoshitsune. In the lower-right corner lie the decapitated

This ōban triptych depicts Minamoto Yoshitsune 源 義經 (center left) and his retainers after their victory over the troops of Minamoto no Yoshinaka at the battle of Hōjūjidono in 1184. The warrior monk Musashibō Benkei 武藏坊 辨慶 sits to the right of Yoshitsune. In the lower-right corner lie the decapitated heads of Nenoi Ōyata 根井 大弥太 and Gonrokurō 権六郎.