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Boatsman Matsuemon in pine
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Boatsman Matsuemon in pine

Utagawa Kunisada (I) · 1860 · color woodcut; paper

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

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Kabuki actor Nakamura Fukusuke I in the role of boatman Matsuemon, holding onto a branch of a pine tree, with a sea battle in the background. Matsuemon was asked to teach the 'secret art of rowing backwards' to enemy troops. His plan is discovered, after which he flees into a pine tree and from there sees that he is surrounded and cannot escape.

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Credit lineBoatsman Matsuemon in pine. 1860. Utagawa Kunisada (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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