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Tomoe Gozen
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Tomoe Gozen

Utagawa Toyokuni (I) · c. 1822 - c. 1828 · color woodcut; blind-stamped; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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A woman in extravagant dress holds a stick to which a sake kettle hangs. This is the male actor Segawa Kikunojô V (1802-32) in the female role of Tomoe Gozen. She was the beloved of Minamoto no Yoshinaka, depicted on the right sheet of this diptych. With four poems.

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surimonodiptychsitting figuregiving drink
Credit lineTomoe Gozen. c. 1822 - c. 1828. Utagawa Toyokuni (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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