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Ichiyūsai Kuniyoshiga I様様様 IEleven Series for the Eleven Files of the Kabuki Play “Kanadehon Chūshingura I様様様 I様 IIII” with scenes from the play that can be seen in the lanterns in the picture on the top right and beautiful women who in turn have allusions to it. Here’s the 4th act in which En 'ya Hangan Hier 様 ends his life by ritual suicide after he physically assaulted Moronao Hier. The lantern depicts Hangan’s first entourage and later leader of the rōnin Das Ōboshi Yuranosuke Das Das 様 Das 様 with his son Ōboshi Rikiya 大様 Das On the lantern and the robe the coat of arms of the Ōboshi, a two-fold tomoe (futatsu-domoe Auf 様 Auf). In the picture a woman leaning on several stacked boxes on the floor. She holds a hairpin in her hand. In the boxes, other hair needles may be packed in white cloths. The white cloths can be an allusion to the suicide of Hangan, who died in a traditionally white robe. The hairpin may allude to the sword?
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Ichiyūsai Kuniyoshiga I様様様 IEleven Series for the Eleven Files of the Kabuki Play “Kanadehon Chūshingura I様様様 I様 IIII” with scenes from the play that can be seen in the lanterns in the picture on the top right and beautiful women who in turn have allusions to it.
Here’s the 4th act in which En 'ya Hangan Hier 様 ends his life by ritual suicide after he physically assaulted Moronao Hier.
The lantern depicts Hangan’s first entourage and later leader of the rōnin Das Ōboshi Yuranosuke Das Das 様 Das 様 with his son Ōboshi Rikiya 大様 Das On the lantern and the robe the coat of arms of the Ōboshi, a two-fold tomoe (futatsu-domoe Auf 様 Auf).
In the picture a woman leaning on several stacked boxes on the floor.
She holds a hairpin in her hand.
In the boxes, other hair needles may be packed in white cloths.
The white cloths can be an allusion to the suicide of Hangan, who died in a traditionally white robe.
The hairpin may allude to the sword?.

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