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Utagawa Kuniyoshi

The Utter Defeat of the Taira Clan in the Great Genpei War at Akama Bay in Nagato Province (Nagato no Akama no ura ni oite Genpei ogassen Heike ichimon kotogotoku horobiru zu)

c. 1845
Color woodblock print; oban triptych

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