Two Heroes Fighting atop Hōryūkaku

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Two Heroes Fighting atop Hōryūkaku

Alternate Title: 里見八犬伝
Series: Satomi and the Eight "Dogs"
Japan, 1885, 10th month
Prints; woodblocks
Diptych; color woodblock prints
Image: 28 5/16 x 9 15/16 in. (71.9 x 25.2 cm); Sheet: 29 5/16 x 10 5/16 in. (74.4 x 26.1 cm)
Herbert R. Cole Collection (M.84.31.136a-b)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Keyes, Roger and George Kuwayama.  The Bizarre Imagery of Yoshitoshi: The Herbert R. Cole Collection.  Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1980.