Number
#9
Date
12/1885
Title (Kanji)
Title (Rōmaji)
Description
The Soga brothers, Gorō Tokimune and Jūrō Sukenari were orphaned at a young age when their father was killed by Kudō Suketsune. The story of their revenge is well known in Japanese literature, and featured in many prints by various artists. In 1193, they crept into Suketsune’s hunting camp and successfully killed him. Jurō was killed in the subsequent fighting, Gorō was captured and brought before the shogun and was decapitated. Here Gorō pauses in his infiltration of Suketsune’s camp to watch a cuckoo fly across the moonlight.
Additional information
| Year Published | 1885 |
|---|---|
| Size | Ōban |
| Signed | Yoshitoshi, Yoshitoshi giga |
| Seals | Taiso, Yoshitoshi, Yoshitoshi no in |
| Subjects | Animals, Birds, Fire/smoke, Men, Samurai |
| Editions | First |
| Publisher | Akiyama Buemon |
| Block Carvers | Esen, Naoyama, Nigouchi Enkatsu, Unknown, Yamamoto, Yoshihisa |
