Japanese Print "The War Helmet - Kabuki" by Toyohara Kunichika
Artist:Toyohara Kunichika
Title:The War Helmet - Kabuki
Date:1888.
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Source:artelino - Japanese Prints
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Description:
Princess Yaegaki (right: played by Ichikawa Danjuro) was lamenting the death of her fiancee for quite some time. One day, she noticed Takeda Katsuyori (Nakamura Fukusuke) and his astonishing likeness to her deceased fiancee. Here, princess is holding the family treasure war helmet and going to deliver it to the other side of the lake by the help of a magic fox.
