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MAEDA, Masao (1904 - 1974)	"Sakurada Gate of Chiyoda Palace in Tokyo" - Sakurada mon -
	Signed:                Masao Maeda (stamped) Sealed:                artist's red seal Masa Publisher:           (self) Date:                   c. 1964 Size:                    chûban yoko-e (c. 25 x 19 cms / c. 10" x 7 1/2") Condition: Fine impression and color; minor wear and light ink specks to margins only, else in fine condition. ref. no.: # 763323 Price:    € 450.00

Despite the peaceful outlook of this print, the gate was the site where the assassination of Ii Naosuke by the Mito samurai group occurred. Ii Naosuke, - the Great Counselor of the Tokugawa Shogunate -, was the man responsible for opening Japan to the West, for which he was assassinated at the outside of the gate on a snowy morning in March, 1860.

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