Matsui Tomijiro Shigenaka
£15.00
Artist: Kuniyoshi, Utagawa (1797-1861)
Title: Matsui Tomijiro Shigenaka
Series: Abridged Stories of our Country’s Swordsmanship
Japanese Series: Hondo kendo ryaku den
Publisher: Kadzusa-ya Iwazo
Date: 1845-46
Matsui Tomijiro Shigenaka famously avenged the murder of his brother. He is depicted looking down at three wriggling snakes, with a basket and a bundle wrapped in cloth behind him.
