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Kanamono in the form of Kidomaru's failed attempt to murder his flute-playing brother Hirai Yasumasa, with backplate
By Hitotsuyanagi Tomotoshi (Japanese, 1831–1889),
School Mito School (Japanese, 18th–20th centuries)
mid to late 19th century