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安政6年10月 ; 請求記号:チ5 3987 ; 3枚続 ; 36×77cm ; 青物と魚の戦争に見立てた紀伊派と水戸派の争いの図。藤顔(冬瓜)は井伊直弼、蛸は徳川斉昭である。裏面に各武将の実在名の比定がある。 ; 10th month of Ansei 6 (1859) ; triptych ; Satirizing the prolonged dispute over succession to the post of shogun that was going on between members of the Kii family faction and those of the Mito family, this print depicts a battle between vegetables and fish. The melon is a spitting image of Ii Naosuke, leader of the former camp, and the octopus of Tokugawa Nariaki, leader of the latter. A key on the back of the sheets identifies what vegetables and fish with the specific historical figures involved in the dispute.
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