Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 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 record / 画像記録
- 574 × 772 px
- Source collection / 所蔵元
- Artelino
- Published by / 公開者
- 水野ナギ
- Rights / 権利
- All rights reserved / commercial reuse prohibited
- Attribution / 表記
- Artelino
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).
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