The Hōryūkaku, from Hakkenden (Tale of eight dogs)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi Japanese
This triptych by Kuniyoshi depicts a popular episode from a serial novel known as Nansō Satomi Hakkenden, published for twenty-eight years beginning in 1814. Known commonly as Hakkenden, or Tale of Eight Dogs, the novel tells the stories of eight fictional warriors of the medieval age. This scene captures the men fighting after having been cornered on the roof of a building, the Hōryūkaku.
On view for rotation 4.
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