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yajifun:

The Bright and The Dark Sides of Kagoshima Chronicle - Shinohara Kuniko / Yoshitoshi

鹿兒島明暗録 篠原國子 月岡芳年 1878年

“篠原國子 篠原國幹の娘にして婦女ながらも武を嗜ミ文を講ずるのミならず孝心深き生質(さが)なれバ父國幹が討死と聞より憤怒の心を励まし直ちに西郷が陣所に至り父に換りて出陣を許し給へと乞けれバ隆盛殆ど困じたれど遂に止むる事を得ず花岡山の戦争に賊徒に守護(まもら)せ出陣さするに進退早技飛蝶の如く屡(しば/\)敵を脳ませしも本年僅十六歳の花の莟ミは花岡山の花を欺く容貌(かほばせ)に露を含める風情なりと敵も味方も賞せしとぞ 芝浦鉤史 填詞”

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vi-ve:

Katsukawa Shunsho

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waffleguppies:

Just a reminder that the Nuclear Tesuji is a thing, and that table-flipping and rage-quitting are by no means modern phenomenons.

EDIT: Found two more.

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nolan-kane:

Nakamura Utaemon - Utagawa Toyokuni, 1810

nolan-kane:

Nakamura Utaemon - Utagawa Toyokuni, 1810

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