Title : Hotoke Gozen - Kenjo Reppu-den

Artist : Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Date : Ca. 1843.

Details : Utagawa Kuniyoshi: Hotoke Gozen - Kenjo Reppu-den - Artelino

Source : artelino - Japanese Prints
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Description : "Kenjo Reppu-den" (Biographies of wise and Courageous women). Hotoke Gozen holds a hand lantern in front of a shoji screen. She was a sister-in-law of Taira Kiyomori. She saved the life of young Minamoto Yoritomo who was going to defeat the House of Taira in the future.

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