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13 The fifth claimant – the fall of Chunagon Isonokami (left part)

The fulcrum scene of the entire panel is the Chunagon on the ground, rescued by his servants. This fall is due to the search for the shell that facilitates childbirth under the swallow's nest on the roof of the house. Once he recovered his senses, convinced that he had obtained what he was looking for, by opening his hand, he finds himself with only the excrements of the swallows. Hence the expression "Kainashi" (without shell - without result).

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