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Utagawa Yoshitsuya (same artist with the name Ichieisai Yoshitsuya)
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English: The Lightning Bolt. The print depicts Sutoku after his abdication becoming a demon (onryō) and Princess Shiranui fighting the evil Sotoku-in. Triptych, 29" x 14". From the series Ten Heroes of the Tametomo.
日本語: 『椿説弓張月』より崇徳上皇が讃岐で崩御し、怨霊になる瞬間を描いた一場面（歌川芳艶画）
Date 1865
date QS:P571,+1865-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source 1. Japaneseprints.net [1], 2. Mesosyn.com [2]

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current11:07, 26 January 2020Thumbnail for version as of 11:07, 26 January 20201,545 × 719 (1.22 MB)Artanisen (talk | contribs)Higher resolution version of the same artwork.
23:22, 10 March 2006Thumbnail for version as of 23:22, 10 March 2006753 × 347 (173 KB)Amcaja (talk | contribs)Yoshitsuya Ichieisai, ''The Lightning Bolt'', c. 1865. Triptych, 29" x 14". From the series ''Ten Heroes of the Tametomo''. The print depicts Princess Shiranui fighting the evil Sotoku-in. From [http://www.japaneseprints.net/prints.cfm?ID=Yoshitsuya here]

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