Kabuki play, Soga Brothers - Kuniyoshi Utagawa (1797-1861) - Japan - Edo Period (1600-1868)

Selected by Giovanni Bottero

Artist: Kuniyoshi Utagawa (1797-1861) Title: Kabuki play, Soga Brothers Publisher: Ebiya Rin'nosuke Date:c. 1847-1852 Size: (L) 24.4 x 34.9, (C) 24.8 x 34.9, (R) 23.6 x 35.0 cm Condition: Slightly trimmed, wormholes, centrefolds, light tears, light crease on the bottom of the right panel. A particularly favourite subject in ukiyo-e, 'The Soga Brothers' follows two brothers seeking to avenge their murdered father, recounting their trials and hardships along the way. When they were only young boys, their father was murdered by the retinue of Kudo Suketsune, a retainer of a twelfth-century warlord. The brothers swear revenge and eventually complete their quest, while dying an honourable death.

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Kabuki play, Soga Brothers - Kuniyoshi Utagawa (1797-1861) - Japan - Edo Period (1600-1868)

Artist: Kuniyoshi Utagawa (1797-1861)
Title: Kabuki play, Soga Brothers
Publisher: Ebiya Rin'nosuke
Date:c. 1847-1852
Size: (L) 24.4 x 34.9, (C) 24.8 x 34.9, (R) 23.6 x 35.0 cm
Condition: Slightly trimmed, wormholes, centrefolds, light tears, light crease on the bottom of the right panel.

A particularly favourite subject in ukiyo-e, 'The Soga Brothers' follows two brothers seeking to avenge their murdered father, recounting their trials and hardships along the way. When they were only young boys, their father was murdered by the retinue of Kudo Suketsune, a retainer of a twelfth-century warlord. The brothers swear revenge and eventually complete their quest, while dying an honourable death.

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Kabuki play, Soga Brothers - Kuniyoshi Utagawa (1797-1861) - Japan - Edo Period (1600-1868)

Selected by Giovanni Bottero

Kabuki play, Soga Brothers - Kuniyoshi Utagawa (1797-1861) - Japan - Edo Period (1600-1868)