Myôchin, Motofuji, and Shinbei, from the series A Comic Version of The Eight Dog Heroes (Dôke Hakkenden)

とうけ八犬伝　「めうちん」、「元ふじ」、「新兵ヱ」

Utagawa Yoshitsuya (Japanese, 1822–1866)

Japanese

Edo period

1862 (Bunkyû 2), intercalary 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Horizontal chûban, lower half of vertical ôban sheet; 17.8 × 24.4 cm (7 × 9 5/8 in.)

Credit Line Gift of L. Aaron Lebowich

Accession Number50.26

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba Museum, Hakkenden no sekai (2008), #214; Hattori, "Ukiyo-e no Hakkenden," in Ukiyo-e Art 152 (2006), fig. 13

DescriptionSignature, publisher's mark (unidentified), and censor's seal are all on the missing upper half of the sheet.

Signed (Ichieisai Yoshitsuya ga, on the upper half of the sheet)