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I think this is a boshin war satire diptych. Can you help me read the title of the diptych and the names of the 6 people?(I think one is minamoto...).
Also are the texts of the karutas real poems or what?
Thanks a lot

鎌蔵武勇六歌仙　Kamakura Buyu Rokkasen - Kamakura's Six Warrior Immortals of Poetry

Texts on cartas are proverbs.

江間小四郎　Ema Koshiro
いしのうえにもさんねん　-　Ishi no ue ni mo sannen　-If you sit on a stone for three years (the stone will start to wam up) - ca. If you are persevere you will definitely succeed.

大江廣元　Oe no Hiromoto
えてにほうふあげ　- Ete ni hoage - To raise your sails to your advantage

源實朝　Minamoto no Sanetomo
みからでたさび　-　Mi kara deta sabi - Rust from the body - ca. Paying for one's mistakes

北条時政　Hojo Tokimasa
えんの下の力もち　-　En no shita no chikaramochi -
Power behind the scenes - ca. An unsung hero

政子御前　Masako -Gozen -　Lady Masako
おいてわ子にしたがは　-　Oite wa ko ni shitagaba　-　Follow your children when you get old

九郎義經　Kuro Yoshitsune
ほねおりそんのくたびれもうけ　-　Honeori son no kutabire moke -　ca. Great pains but all in vain

For technical freasons alternative kanas are transcribed into their modern forms

With regards,
I.Nagy

Have a good day, and many thanks!

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