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"Comical Views of Famous Places in Edo" Number 20: Listening to the Insects at Mount Dokan
Learn About the History and Culture of Kokushu
Learn About the History and Culture of Kokushu
An affectionate couple dressed in yukata, drinking sake together. The flowers drawn on the lanterns have a summery feel to them, but people enjoyed sake warm regardless of the season during the Edo period. This piece portrays a scene from “Koina Hanbei Mono”, a theatrical adaptation of the suicide of lovers, Koina and Hanbei, beneath a famous pine tree. Could this be the last sake they share?
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada
Published: Kaei 5 (1852)
Publisher: Joshuya Kinzo
Suzuki Brewery
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