Yoshitoshi, Tsukioka – Hino Kumawakamaru and the Priest Calling Back the Boat – S1082
Yoshitoshi, Tsukioka – Hino Kumawakamaru and the Priest Calling Back the Boat – S1082
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This is no 14 in the series. Hino Sukemoto was exiled to Sado Island and executed seven years later. His son Hino Kumawakamaru, returned to Sado and avenged his father’s death, killing his father’s enemy with the same sword used to execute his father. In this print the boy Kumawakamaru escapes from Sado Island after his father’s death with the aid of the priest Daizenbo. They dash along the shore and the priest calls back a departing boat.Format is Aiban tate-e. Some toning.