Artwork Details
L: 38-1/4 in.
PeriodGeneral Endowed Art Fund
CopyrightThe interior of firemen's coats were decorated in a freehand style to reflect the individual taste of the wearer. The design was applied with a paste before the textile was dyed and then hand-painted in the areas where the dye was resisted.
The interior (shown) of this coat depicts the Soga brothers. The legend has it that 16 years after their father was murdered, the brothers set out to avenge his death. At the foot of Mt. Fuji, after bidding farewell to each other, they assassinated their father's killer during a raging storm.
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