Woodblock print, oban tate-e. Shonada station. Torii matasuke, holding the severed head of his lord, whom he has murdered in mistaken identity, between his teeth, wringing out his loincloth after swimming across a river (inset: evening landscape with mountains, trees, and fields). Date: 1852 (intercalary month). Dimensions: Height: 36.40 centimetres Width: 24.50 centimetres. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. No. 24 Shonada 塩名田 (BM 2008,3037.14724)
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