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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Japanese
Title:Kato Kiyomasa Subjugating a Tiger
Type:Print
Materials:Color woodblock print (woodcut) on paper
Place Made:Asia; Japan
Measurements:Image: 5 7/8 x 7 3/4 in; 14.9 x 19.7 cm
Narrative Inscription:  INSCRIPTION: recto, ctr. l. (black ink): [Japanese character, Inoue no / odai]; INSCRIPTION: recto, lwr. r. (black ink): [Japanese character, Otora]; INSCRIPTION: recto, upp. r. (black ink): [Japanese character, Namu myo horen gekyo].
Accession Number:  MH 1949.72.Q.RII
Credit Line:Purchase with the Nancy Everett Dwight Fund
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Two beauties (Otaro and Odai) in front of a stone slab with inscriptions, one crouching on the left and one walking on the right. An inset depicting a samurai (Kato Kiyomasa) subjugating a tiger. Buddhist marker with invocation from the Lotus Sutra, Kato's slogan and his crest. Reference to a popular song called Katobushi.

Tags:
beauty; samurai; animals

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