Actors in role: a samurai confronts a Buddhist deity on the back of a giant wild boar. Colour woodcut by Kunisada II, 1860.

  • Utagawa, Kunisada, 1823-1880.
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Month 8, 1860
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36046i
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Actors in role: a samurai confronts a Buddhist deity on the back of a giant wild boar. Colour woodcut by Kunisada II, 1860. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Whole-length figures

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Edo [Tokyo] : [publisher not identified], Month 8, 1860.

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1 print : woodcut, printed in colours

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Kunisada-ga Bears publisher's mark, block cutter's mark, censor's seal and set title Narration in roundel

Notes

Number eighteen (sakyamuni) - copy pictures of the eight countenances recorded in modern style

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Wellcome Collection 36046i

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