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The Actors Ichikawa Danjuro II as Soga no Goro and Ogawa Zengoro as Kudo Suketsune
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The Actors Ichikawa Danjuro II as Soga no Goro and Ogawa Zengoro as Kudo Suketsune

Torii Kiyonobu 鳥居清信 (1664-1729) · ca. 1715 · Ink, color, and gold on paper

From the collection of National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler). Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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This hanging scroll depicts a scene from the Kabuki play, "Bando-ichi Kotobuki Soga." In this scene, Soga no Goro attacks his uncle, Kudo no Suketsune as the latter prepares fresh herbs for the New Year.

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Credit lineThe Actors Ichikawa Danjuro II as Soga no Goro and Ogawa Zengoro as Kudo Suketsune. ca. 1715. Torii Kiyonobu 鳥居清信 (1664-1729). National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler), Gift of Charles Lang Freer. CC0.
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