onna-musha: “Kiyoshi Hikariin” (1876), Toyohara Kunichika (1835-1900)Print from the
onna-musha: “Kiyoshi Hikariin” (1876), Toyohara Kunichika (1835-1900)Print from the series “Thirty-six Good and Evil Beauties”The princess Kiyoshi Hikariin draws her sword in order to avenge herself. The folding screen behind her is decorated with the mon (crest) of the powerful Tokugawa family, who ruled the shogunate during the Edo period. -- source link
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