Asian Art

Igagoe vendetta

The Igagoe vendetta was a vengeance incident in Japan in 1634, where the murder of a retainer was avenged by his older brother. The event happened in the town of Iga-Ueno near Iga Pass. The vendetta is known as one of the three major vendetta incidents in Japan, alongside the Revenge of the Soga Brothers and the Akō vendetta (by the forty-seven rōnin).

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• ▸Assyrian conquest of Egypt
• ▸An Wasserflüssen Babylon
• ▸Canton porcelain

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