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Yasumasu and Kidômaru
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Fujiwara no Yasumasa plays the flute on a moonlit night. Behind him stands his brother Hakadamare Yasusake with a drawn sword, about to kill him, but the enchanting music causes him to abandon the plan.
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Credit lineYasumasu and Kidômaru. c. 1850 - c. 1950. unknown. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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