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Enshi disguised in a deer skin
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Enshi disguised in a deer skin, conversing with a hunter. Enshi needed doe`s milk to cure his parents’ eye disease. He put on a deer skin and hid in the deer herd, but was mistaken for a deer by hunters, who scolded him. However, when they heard his explanation the hunters had only praise. Prints from this series are based on Western examples, some of them which have been traced. This print has a varnish style coating, suggesting an oilpainting.
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Credit lineEnshi disguised in a deer skin. 1848. Utagawa Kuniyoshi. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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