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Two Men Fighting on a Roof, Two Men and Two Women Below
Artist: Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835-1900)
Date: 19th Century
Dimensions:
13 3/4 x 9 1/4 in.
Medium: woodblock print
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Carl Spitzer
Object number: 1940.2
Label Text:A pair of warriors is shown here fighting on a roof. Leaders of opposing clans, they are unaware that they are brothers who were separated in childhood. The story comes from the Japanese writer Kyokutei Bakin's (1767-1848) The Chronicles of the Eight Dog Heroes of the Satomi Clan of Nanso, also known as Hakkenden--one of the worlds's longest novels at 106 volumes. The complex plot centers on eight samurai who are half-brothers resulting from a supernatural marriage between a princess and her father's dog. The brothers are all heroes, and each represents a different Buddhist virtue in this bestselling adventure novel, which Bakin finished in 1842 after 30 years of writing.
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