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| | Sinister Designs: Yoshitoshi Tsukioka |
 | | Although Endo is both the subject and the title of the print, it strikes me that the courageous one in this story is Kesa, not her stalker. |
 | | Matsunaga Hisahide (1510 - 1577) was Japan's one man Borgia family, his life a record of intrigue, back-stabbing and murder in pursuit of power. |
 | | On 17 June, 1565, an army sent by Matsunaga forced him to commit suicide, and installed the infant, Yoshihide, in his place. |
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