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View full screenColour woodblock print from the series Soga monogatari zue (The Story of the Soga Brothers Illustrated), depicting Shōshō who has cut off her hair to become a nun, after writing a valedictory poem, while a little child sits by her and weeps: Japan, by Utagawa Hiroshige, c. 1845
A.1887.745.52.22
Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797 - 1858, Artist
Japan, East Asia
Ibaya Sensaburō, Publisher
c. 1845
Depicted: Shōshō