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Subject:Re: Japanese woodblock print identification request
Posted By: I.Nagy Mon, Sep 17, 2018
The inscription gives a small glimpse into the times just before the Meiji Restoration.
一片精忠達紫宸殿來忽得摂関話
只恨沈論西海底介然身後属天眞
The group of Seichu* people after their arrival in the Purple Hall* were immediately met by the regent. There their hatred fell down to the bottom of Western Sea and their firm immortal souls remained in unaffected naivite.
(*Seichu-gumi = militant organization within the Satsuma Clan at the end of Tokugawa Period - Dissolved in 1862 after the Terada incident)
(*Purple Hall = Hall for state ceremonies in the Kyoto Imperial Palace)
Unfortuntely, the seal is too faded to read.
With regards,
I.Nagy
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