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Yamashita Kinsaku II as Suke no Tsubone holding a Doll Representing the Young Emperor Antoku
Yamashita Kinsaku II as Suke no Tsubone holding a Doll Representing the Young Emperor Antoku
Public domain: Image courtesy of the Worcester Art Museum.

Yamashita Kinsaku II as Suke no Tsubone holding a Doll Representing the Young Emperor Antoku

Artist/Culture
Date1777
Mediumwoodblock print
Dimensions29.9 x 13.5 cm (11 3/4 x 5 5/16 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
MarkingsPublisher mark; Mark of circle with three dots and the characters for hanmoto (publisher)
Credit LineJohn Chandler Bancroft Collection
Object number1901.862
Label Text[DOUBLE-CHECK] Yamashita Kinsaku II as Suke no Tsubone in "Yoshitsune senbon zakura" at the Morita Theater, Edo, in the fourth month of 1777 (An'ei 6). The actor is depicted standing at night in a room in a house by the sea at Dan no Ura. In her arms she holds a doll dressed to represent the young Emperor Antoku. The shoji are pushed aside and against the black sky two ships of the Taira fleet are seen on the horizon.
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