Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 57583
Fight on the Roof of the Hôryûkaku
- Artist / 作者
- Tsukioka Yoshitoshi月岡芳年
- Date / 年代
- 1887
- Medium / 技法
- 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Meiji / vam
- Digital record / 画像記録
- 1377 × 2000 px
- Source collection / 所蔵元
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Published by / 公開者
- 朱雀ハル
- Rights / 権利
- Commercial license required
- Attribution / 表記
- Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Catalog note / 解説
This vertical diptych illustrates a scene from the popular novel <i>Nansô Satomi Hakkenden</i> (<i>The Diary of Eight Dogs</i>) by Takizawa Bakin (1767-1848). The fantastic and macabre tale tells the story of eight heroes who battle to restore the fallen samurai house of Satomi. Each hero represents one of the eight samurai virtues and each has a name that includes the ideograph for ‘dog’. The fight on the roof of the Hôryûkaku, when Inuzuka Shino Moritaka defends himself against Inukai Kempachi Nobumichi, the chief of police, was a favourite theme among artists and their public. The print is signed ‘ôju Yoshitoshi sha’ with the artist’s seal ‘Taiso’. Tsukioka Yoshitoshi worked in the genre…
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