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明治元年11月 ; 東京 ; 請求記号:チ5 3956 ; 3枚続 ; 37×73cm ; ある事件を錦絵などにするとき、過去の出来事になぞらえることがよくある。これも本能寺合戦と題したものだが、実際は慶応4年の上野戦争のことである。西軍（官軍）の圧倒的な火力が強調されている。 ; 11th month of Meiji 1 (1868) ; Tokyo ; triptych ; When an incident was reported in the form of colored woodblock print, it was often disguised as a popularly known event of the past. This print, entitled "Honnoji Incident" (1582; in which the hegemon Oda Nobunaga was assassinated by Akechi Mitsuhide, one of his principal generals), actually depicts the 1868 battle at Kan’eiji Temple in Ueno, Edo, in which troops of the newly formed Meiji government destroyed a military unit of former retainers of the defunct shogun organized to resist the restoration of Imperial rule. It emphasizes the overwhelming firepower of the government forces.
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