実競色乃美名家見 三浦屋小紫 白井権八, The Lovers Miura-ya Komurasaki and Shirai Gonpachi., Edo period (1615–1868), probably 1797, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 15 x 9 15/32 in. (38.1 x 24.1 cm), Prints, Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753?–1806), Tragic love stories taken from real life and dramatized were a staple of stage and print; the darkly romantic combination of desire and death was hugely popular in the eighteenth century. Hirai Gompachi was a warrior of the Tottori fief in western Japan who fled to Edo after committing a murder
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実競色乃美名家見 三浦屋小紫 白井権八, Lovers Miura-ya Komurasaki, Shirai Gonpachi, Edo period, 1615–1868, 1797, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print, ink, color, paper, 15 x 9 15/32, 38.1 24.1 cm, Prints, Kitagawa Utamaro, Japanese, 1753?–1806, Tragic love, stories, real life, dramatized, staple, stage, print, darkly romantic, combination, desire, death, hugely popular, eighteenth century, Hirai Gompachi, warrior, Tottori fief, western Japan, fled, Edo, committing, murder
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