Asian Art (Japanese and Korean)

Ichikawa Kakitsu as Ishidome Busuke and Arashi Kichirodku as Sagihira
Ichikawa Kakitsu as Ishidome Busuke and Arashi Kichirodku as Sagihira
Artist Utagawa Yoshiiku
     birth-death 1833-1904
Creation date 1863
Materials color woodblock print
Credit line Gift of Mrs. Kate Kiser Klein
Accession number 72.47.271
Gallery Label

市川家橘 as Ishidome Busuke 石どめ武助and Arashi Kichiroku 嵐吉六 as Sagihira さぎ平

In 1634, the master swordsman Araki Mataemon and his nephew Watanabe Kazuma cut down Kawai Matagorō, who murdered Kazuma's father. Ishidome Busuke, Mataemon's follower, died in the fight. Tales of the incident rank with the Soga Brothers' Revenge and that of the 47 Rōnin as Japan's three greatest stories of righteous vengeance.

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