Five Kabuki actors in the play Biographies of Eight Dogs
Artist
Toyohara Kunichika
(Japanese, 1835 - 1900)
Place of OriginJapan
Date1850-1900
CultureJapanese
MaterialsInk and colors on paper
DimensionsH. 13 1/2 in x W. 9 3/4 in, H. 34.3 cm x W. 25 cm
Credit LineGift of Toshiro Nakayama
Object number2010.262.1-.2
DepartmentJapanese Art
ClassificationsPrints And Drawings
On View
Not on view豊原国周筆 南総里美八犬伝
Biographies of Eight Dogs derived from a complex and fantastic story that recounts the lives of the nine generations of the fictional Satomi samurai clan. The word for dog (inu), possibly symbolic of the samurai virtue of loyalty, is incorporated in the names of all eight families in the clan.
Play: Nanso Satomi Hakkenden Actors/roles: Nakamura Ganjaku as Inumura Daikaku, Onoe Kikugoro as Inusaka Keno, Ichikawa Sadanji as Inugawa Sosuke, and Bando Hikosaburo as Inuyama Dosetsu.
Print format: oban diptych (originally triptych)
Publisher: unknown
Toyohara Kunichika
1850-1900
