Catalog record · 目録番号 119628

Battle on the Roof - Satomi Hakkenden

Artist / 作者: Kinoshita Hironobu I木下広信
Date / 年代: 1863
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / artelino
Digital image / 画像: 574 × 772 px
Published by / 公開者: 水野ナギ

Catalog note / 解説

Kabuki actors,Ichikawa Ichijuro II (left) plays Inukai Genpachi and Jitsukawa Enjaku plays Inuzuka Shino. They are battling on the roof of Horyukaku Temple in the play, "Satomi Hakkenden". The eight heroes in this imaginative revenge story by Takizawa Bakin have "inu" (dog) as part of their names. Therefore, they are called "Hakken-shi" (Eight Dog Heroes).

Image record / 画像情報

Artelino · 1863. · artelino

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