Scene from the Third Act of the Drama 'Soga Aigo', Edo period (1615–1868), 1769 spring, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 12 5/8 x 5 3/4 in. (32.1 x 14.6 cm), Prints, Katsukawa Shunshō (Japanese, 1726–1792), In a driving nighttime rainstorm, Kagekiyo poses with his right arm around a large stalk of bamboo, holding a sheathed sword in his upraised left hand as he looks down at Seigen, seated at his feet. Seigen, a renegade Buddhist monk from Kiyomizu temple in Kyoto, and Kagekiyo are characters in the play Soga Brothers: Loving Care of Young Pines (Soga Moyō Aigo no Wakamatsu)
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Scene, Third Act, Drama, Soga Aigo, Edo period, 1615–1868, 1769 spring, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print, ink, color, paper, 12 5/8 x 5 3/4, 32.1 14.6 cm, Prints, Katsukawa Shunshō, Japanese, 1726–1792, driving nighttime rainstorm, Kagekiyo poses, right arm, large stalk, bamboo, holding, sheathed sword, upraised left, hand, looks down, Seigen, seated, feet, renegade Buddhist, monk, Kiyomizu temple, Kyoto, Kagekiyo, characters, play Soga, Brothers, Loving Care, Young Pines, Moyō, Aigo no, Wakamatsu
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