Object Details
- Label
- Warriors prepare for hand-to-hand combat on the precariously steep roof of a castle tower. The vertical diptych format of this print dramatically enhances the steep composition. The story depicted here comes from Takizawa Bakin's (1767-1848) lengthy masterpiece, The Story of the Eight "Dogs" of the Satomi Clan (Nanso Satomi Hakkenden; published serially 1814-42). At the end of the impending conflict illustrated here, the heroes lock in struggle, lose their footing, and fall into the river far below. But, in a typical twist of the plot of Bakin's narrative, the combatants survive their fall from the rooftop, discover that they are brothers, and the story continues.
- Collection
- National Museum of Asian Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- Masterful Illusions: Japanese Prints from the Anne van Biema Collection (September 15, 2002 to January 9, 2003)
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Artist
- Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 月岡芳年 (1839-1892)
- Publisher
- Hasegawa Tsunejiro 長谷川常治郎
- Date
- 1885
- Period
- Meiji era
- Credit Line
- The Anne van Biema Collection
- Medium
- Ink and color on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (diptych): 74.3 x 24.8 cm (29 1/4 x 9 3/4 in)
- Type
