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Adultery
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Adultery

Totoya Hokkei · c. 1825 · color woodcut; paper

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

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The warrior Taira no Kiyomori (1118-81) sits on cushions, his arms on a support, behind him a sword on a stand. Kiyomori was not of special origin, but he managed to gain great power by getting his 3-year-old grandson on the throne as emperor. With two poems.

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Credit lineOverspel. c. 1825. Totoya Hokkei. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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