Keywords: Utagawa Toyokuni III - Sugawara denju tenarai kagami - Walters 95763.jpg The actor Nakamura Utaemon IV in the role of Matsuomaru Sakuramaru's brother Matsuomaru enters the service of Shihei the enemy of the great calligrapher Sugawara Michizane Eventually he tragically redeems himself rather than kill Sugawara's son Kanshusai as Shihei has commanded he kills his own son and tricks others into believing that the dead child is Kanshusai 1852-09 late Edo pigments mulberry paper cm 35 08 24 13 accession number 95 763 12263 Robert S Shaull date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Bequest of Robert S Shaull 1990 Signature 'Toyokuni ga'; censor seals 'Hama' and 'Magome' place of origin Japan 006-0529 Walters Art Museum license 2D Japanese prints in the Walters Art Museum Historic samurai prints Utagawa Kunisada Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review |