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Night Attack on the Horikawa Palace
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Night Attack on the Horikawa Palace

Utagawa Kuniyoshi · 1853 · color woodcut; nishiki-e; paper

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

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Yoshitsune, in a blue kimono, and his beloved Shizuka Gozen, in a red kimono, defending themselves with long halberds on a balcony of the Horikawa palace; by night.

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Credit lineNachtelijke aanval op het Horikawa paleis. 1853. Utagawa Kuniyoshi. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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