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Another impression is illustrated in Eric van den Ing and Robert Schaap, Beauty and Violence (Amsterdam, 1992), cat. no. 51
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HORYUKAKU RYOYU TSUTOMU [TWO BRAVE MEN ON THE ROOF OF HORYUKAKU], AN ILLUSTRATION OF AN EPISODE FROM BAIKIN'S NOVEL NANSO SATOMI HAKKENDEN [THE TALE OF THE EIGHT LOYAL DOGS OF THE HOUSE OF SATOMI], WHERE INUZUKA SHINO AND INUKAI GENPACHI, UNAWARE THAT THEY ARE BROTHERS, FIGHT EACH OTHER ON THE ROOF OF THE HORYUKAKU PAVILION OF KOGA CASTLE
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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892)
Horyukaku ryoyu tsutomu [Two brave men on the roof of Horyukaku], an illustration of an episode from Baikin's novel Nanso Satomi hakkenden [The tale of the eight loyal dogs of the house of Satomi], where Inuzuka Shino and Inukai Genpachi, unaware that they are brothers, fight each other on the roof of the Horyukaku pavilion of Koga castle
Signed Oju Yoshitoshi [Yoshitoshi, by special request] with seal Taiso, very good impression, colour and condition
Vertical oban diptych: 29 x 10½ in. (74 x 27 cm.)
Horyukaku ryoyu tsutomu [Two brave men on the roof of Horyukaku], an illustration of an episode from Baikin's novel Nanso Satomi hakkenden [The tale of the eight loyal dogs of the house of Satomi], where Inuzuka Shino and Inukai Genpachi, unaware that they are brothers, fight each other on the roof of the Horyukaku pavilion of Koga castle
Signed Oju Yoshitoshi [Yoshitoshi, by special request] with seal Taiso, very good impression, colour and condition
Vertical oban diptych: 29 x 10½ in. (74 x 27 cm.)
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