Egara [no] Heita Tanenaga

Azuma no nishiki ukiyo kōdanŌban荏柄 平太 胤長Publisher: ?Egara no Heita Tanenaga is a sobriquet for Wada Heita Tanenaga (和田 平太 胤長); it is apparently derived from the location of his mansion in the residential district of Kamakura near Egara Tenjin Shrine (荏柄 天神社).

Egara no Heita was the nephew of Wada Yoshimori (head of the Wada clan). In 1213, tension had been growing between the Hōjō Regents and the Wada clan, and open war started when Tanenaga and Yoshimori's two sons were arrested. Yoshimori managed to free his sons, but Tanenaga was detained, and exiled to Mutsu province. This image probably dates from that period (the full cartouche has not yet been read).