Japanese Print "Battle on the Roof - Satomi Hakkenden" by Kinoshita Hironobu

Artist:Kinoshita Hironobu

Title:Battle on the Roof - Satomi Hakkenden

Date:1863.

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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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