Catalog record · 目録番号 99400

Assassination at Sakurada Gate - Abbreviated Japanese History

Artist / 作者: Adachi Ginkō安達吟光
Date / 年代: 1885
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Meiji / artelino
Digital image / 画像: 1362 × 1000 px
Published by / 公開者: 白石カナ

Catalog note / 解説

From the series "Dai Nihon Shi Ryaku Zue" ("Picture of Abbreviated Japanese History"). No. 96. The group of Mito samurai group assassinated Ii Naosuke, the high ranking officer in Tokugawa Shogunate, who was the main advocate of the opening of Japan to the rest of the world. The story in Japanese on the backside of the print.

Image record / 画像情報

Artelino · 1885. · artelino

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