Catalog record · 目録番号 66912

Revenge of the Soga Brothers (21)

Artist / 作者: Utagawa Hiroshige II二代目歌川広重
Date / 年代: 1847-1848
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / robynbuntin
Digital image / 画像: 504 × 367 px
Published by / 公開者: 朝倉レン

Catalog note / 解説

Block 5 from a book of illustrations of Sogamonogatari Zue (The Story of the Revenge of the Soga Brothers), who according to folklore on May 28, 1193, killed the man who had assassinated their father in 1175. Considered an unusual subject for the great landscapist, Hiroshige, though this block shows a scenic background

Image record / 画像情報

ROBYNBUNTIN · 1847/48 · robynbuntin

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