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Utagawa Kunisada II
Battle on roof of Hōryūkaku, from the Play "Tale of the Eight Dogs" (Hakkenden)fifth month 1854

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Japanese woodblock triptych print depicting dozens of armored figures battling across a steeply pitched gray tiled roof, with a flying figure grappling a green dragon-like creature in the upper right
Artist or Maker
Utagawa Kunisada II
Title
Battle on roof of Hōryūkaku, from the Play "Tale of the Eight Dogs" (Hakkenden)
Date Made
fifth month 1854
Period
Edo period (1603 - 1868)
Medium
Color woodblock print triptych
Dimensions
Sheet: 14 1/8 x 28 5/8 in. (36 x 72.81 cm)
Credit Line
The Joan Elizabeth Tanney Bequest
Accession Number
M.2006.136.299a-c
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Japanese Art