Japanese Print "Striking with a Sandal - Kabuki" by Toyohara Kunichika
Artist:Toyohara Kunichika
Title:Striking with a Sandal - Kabuki
Date:1898.
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Description:
The high ranking court ladies, Tsubone Iwafuji (right) strikes Churo Onoe with her sandal to humiliate her. Onoe's servant Ohatsu is looking at the incident. Later, she avenged her mistress by killing Iwafuji. Kabuki play, "Kagamiyama".