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| Stockno.: | 20-054r | Artist: | Toyohara Chikanobu 豊原周延 (1838-1912) | Description: | No. 17, Akechi Mitsuhide, from the series Eastern Brocades, Day and Night Compared (Azuma nishiki chūya kurabe).
Published by Kobayashi Tetsujirō in January 1886.
Although a trusted retainer of the warlord Oda Nobunaga (1510-1551), Akechi Mitsuhide (1528-1582) was enraged when Nobunaga murdered his mother. Mitsuhide attacked Nobunaga at the Kyoto temple of Honnō-ji, setting it afire. Nobunaga reportedly committed suicide.
Inset: Confrontation at Azuchi castle, Nobunaga’s home base. | |
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