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| Keywords: Konishi Hirosada - Naozane's Challenge - Walters 95714.jpg The victorious Genji general Kumagai Naozane spies a defeated Heike warrior Taira no Atsumori heading on horseback into the sea where he is hoping to make it to his clan's fleet anchored offshore It is cowardly to turn your back on your enemy Naozane cries beckoning with his fan come back Atsumori returns to fight and Naozane beheads him But it is a tragic episode for Atsumori is but a youth and at dawn before the battle began his flute playing had been heard by all 四代目中 歌右衛 の熊谷次郎直実 代中 福助の無官太夫あつ盛 （嘉永3年（1850年）5 大 中の 居上演 谷嫩軍記 より ） s 1850 late Edo mulberry paper color ink cm 25 4 36 83 accession number 95 714 19345 Robert S Shaull date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Bequest of Robert S Shaull 1990 Signature Hirosada place of origin Osaka Japan Walters Art Museum license 2D ImageNote 1 286 11 950 1018 1800 1261 2 Nakamura Utaemon IV as Kumagai Naozane ImageNoteEnd 1 ImageNote 2 1224 110 461 374 1800 1261 2 Nakamura Fukusuke I as Taira no Atsumori ImageNoteEnd 2 Horo Japanese prints in the Walters Art Museum Kumagai Naozane Taira no Atsumori Utaemon Nakamura IV Shikan Nakamura IV Ukiyo-e of Ichinotani Futaba Gunki Historic samurai prints Konishi Hirosada Historic depictions of samurai on horses | ||||
