Artist: Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Title: Gishi ningyo (Figures of the loyal retainers)
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Source:
British Museum
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Description:
Woodblock triptych print, oban tate-e. Fight with swords, naginata, and mallets, between the ronin and the retainers of Morono, with a half-dressed woman on the ground. This was one of the groups of carved figures (ningyo) set up in the grounds of Sensoji temple in Asakusa in 1855.
