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Soga no Juro Sukenari ( 曾我十郎祐成)

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Japanese colour woodblock print showing man with sword and portrait of woman behind

Soga no Juro Sukenari ( 曾我十郎祐成)

Collection:CSM Museum & Study Collection
Date: 1856
Maker: Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞)
Medium: O-ban Nishiki-e (大判錦絵, large-format coloured print)
Object number: O.11.73-74
DescriptionBased on the incident in which brothers Soga Juro Sukenari (曾我十郎祐成) and Soga Goro Tokimune (曽我五郎時致) killed their father's avenger, Kudo Suketsune (工藤祐経), in Fujino (富士野) in 1193. It was one of the three major revenge attacks in Japan.