Artist: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Title: New Selections of Eastern Brocade Pictures - Sakura Sogoro and Family

Date: 1886.

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From the series "Shinsen Azuma Nishiki-e" (New Selections of Eastern Brocade Pictures). Sakura Sogo (historical name was Sakura Sogoro), the village head from Iwahashi. Sakura led a group of village leaders who tried to take their complaint directly to the shogunate in Edo. Their local daimyo, Hotta Kozuke, was taxing them beyond their ability to pay.

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