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No. 2 from the series The Life of Yoshitsune (Yoshitsune Ichidaiki zue)
Woodblock print
Signed Hiroshige ga
Published by Tako, circa 1843-47
Censor's seal Hama (Hama Yahei)

A rare print depicting Ushiwakamaru (the name Yoshitsune had as a child) with a bell between the teeth, standing on rocks at night near a waterfall; in the background is a staircase to a red torii (gateway to a Shinto shrine).

The same print is in the collection of The Rijksmuseum, object no. AK-MAK-1605, go to:
https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/AK-MAK-1605

Vertical oban: 37 x 25.4 cm. (14 ⅝ x 10 in.)


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