Japanese Print "Mitate haiyu Hakkenshi 見立俳優八犬士 (Selected Actors as the Eight Heroes of Bakin's Hakkenden)" by Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Japanese Print "Mitate haiyu Hakkenshi 見立俳優八犬士 (Selected Actors as the Eight Heroes of Bakin's Hakkenden)" by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 歌川国芳 (Utagawa Kuniyoshi (歌川国芳))

Artist:Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Title:Mitate haiyu Hakkenshi 見立俳優八犬士 (Selected Actors as the Eight Heroes of Bakin's Hakkenden)

Date:1840 (circa)

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Source:British Museum
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Woodblock print, oban tate-e. The actor Ichikawa Ebizo V (right) as Inuyama Dosetsu with long curly hair, an elaborate robe, and a drawn sword, holding Inugawa Sosuke’s purse in his mouth; Ichikawa Kuzo II (left) as Inugawa Sosuke subduing one's of Dosetsu's vassals, and holding a cord attached to his purse in Dosetsu's mouth. Poems inscribed above.

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