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Meiboku Sendai Hagi
(Japan and Korea )
This print refers to a famous scene from "Meiboku Sendai Hagi" ("The Disputed Succession"), a play in which a group of conspirators tries to kill the "Oshu daimyo" (feudal lord) and his son. Nikki Danjo, an evil character with occult powers, changes into a rat in order to retrieve a list of fellow conspirators that has fallen into the hands of the son's loyal nurse. The actor Matsumoto Koshiro V plays Nikki Danjo.
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Provenance
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Mrs. Peggy W. Fuller [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1988, by gift.
Geographies
Japan, Osaka (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 14 5/8 x W: 10 3/16 in. (37.2 x 25.8 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Peggy W. Fuller, 1988
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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95.293