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KUNIYOSHI. Yakusha-e. Kabuki Theater scene. The Biography of Nansô Satomi and the Eight Dog Warriors. Diptych. Diptych, Ôban tate-e (vertical). 360x490 mm. Signature: Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (一勇斎 國芳 画). Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tōbei. Censor’s seal: Hama, Magome. Signs of wear. Bright colours. Curious scene from the drama Satomi hakkenden (History of the Eight Dogs of Satomi, staged at the Ichimuraza Theater in the first lunar month of 1852. A dog also appears in the scene and plays a decisive role in the development of the story.Actors: Bandô Shuka I as Inuzuka Shinno (犬塚信の, left) and Seki Sanjûrô III as Inushika Bansaku (犬塚番作, right). In the small cartouches above the actors the names of the characters.The drama originates from the novel Nansô Satomi Hakkenden (The Biography of Nansô Satomi and the Eight Dog Warriors) by Takizawa Bakin. By a rather complicated set of circumstances, Fusehime, the daughter of Lord Anzai of the Satomi Clan, gives birth to eight great warriors, all fathered by a dog. The majority of the novel’s 181 chapters relate their swashbuckling adventures.
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KUNIYOSHI. Yakusha-e. Kabuki Theater scene. The Biography of Nansô Satomi and the Eight Dog Warriors. Diptych. Diptych, Ôban tate-e (vertical). 360x490 mm. Signature: Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (一勇斎 國芳 画). Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tōbei. Censor’s seal: Hama, Magome. Signs of wear. Bright colours. Curious scene from the drama Satomi hakkenden (History of the Eight Dogs of Satomi, staged at the Ichimuraza Theater in the first lunar month of 1852. A dog also appears in the scene and plays a decisive role in the development of the story.Actors: Bandô Shuka I as Inuzuka Shinno (犬塚信の, left) and Seki Sanjûrô III as Inushika Bansaku (犬塚番作, right). In the small cartouches above the actors the names of the characters.The drama originates from the novel Nansô Satomi Hakkenden (The Biography of Nansô Satomi and the Eight Dog Warriors) by Takizawa Bakin. By a rather complicated set of circumstances, Fusehime, the daughter of Lord Anzai of the Satomi Clan, gives birth to eight great warriors, all fathered by a dog. The majority of the novel’s 181 chapters relate their swashbuckling adventures.
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