Nakamura Denkuro as Asaina no Saburo and Nakajima Kanzaemon as Soga no Gorō, Acting Out the Torn Armor Scene (Kusazuri-biki) in a Soga Play, Edo period (1615–1868), ca. 1709, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 10 3/8 x 14 3/4 in. (26.4 x 37.5 cm), Prints, Okumura Masanobu (Japanese, 1686–1764), One of Japan's most popular tales of revenge, the story of the twelfth-century Soga brothers, raised by their mother to avenge their father's death, was adapted to all manner of stage portrayals. Acts of extraordinary strength and resolve are the mainstay of the tale
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Nakamura Denkuro, Asaina no Saburo, Nakajima Kanzaemon, Soga Gorō, Acting Out, Torn Armor Scene, Kusazuri-biki, Play, Edo period, 1615–1868, ca, 1709, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print, ink, color, paper, 10 3/8 x 14 3/4, 26.4 37.5 cm, Prints, Okumura Masanobu, Japanese, 1686–1764, popular tales, revenge, story, twelfth-century Soga brothers, raised, mother, avenge, father, death, adapted, manner, stage portrayals, Acts, extraordinary strength, resolve, mainstay, tale
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