Artist: Toyohara Kunichika
Title: Shogun Masakado and Falling Geese
Date: 1890.
Details & Prices: Toyohara Kunichika: Shogun Masakado and Falling Geese - Artelino
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Description:
"Zen Taihei-ki Gigyoku Den" Kabuki Actors, Onoe Kikugoro (left), Ichikawa Sadanji, Onoe Einosuke, and Nakamura Shikan (right). The legend said that at the height of his political power and wealth, the force of Taira Masakado (middle: played by Ichikawa Sadanji) was so great that he could shoot down wild geese merely by his glance!.