Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 46157

Kassenba Oteiroku

Artist / 作者: Utagawa Kuniyoshi歌川国芳
Date / 年代: 1830
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / robynbuntin
Digital record / 画像記録: 405 × 504 px
Source collection / 所蔵元: Robyn Buntin of Honolulu
Published by / 公開者: 青木ソラ
Rights / 権利: No commercial-app permission documented
Attribution / 表記: Robyn Buntin of Honolulu

Catalog note / 解説

The story of the 108 heroes of the Suikoden goes back to an old Chinese novel about 108 honorable bandits, some kind of Robin Hood gang. At the beginning of the 19th century it became very popular in Japan, and it became one of the favorite subjects of Japanese prints. The print series by Kuniyoshi was the ignition powder for the fashion of Japanese body tattoos. Here the former innkeeper Kassenba Oteirokuin uses his hands, feet, and some ropes to retrain three opponents.

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