• Inukawa Sōsuke Yoshitō (犬川荘介義任) from the series <i>The Eight Dog Heroes of the Master Author Old Kyokutei Bakin</i> (<i>Kyokutei-ō seicho Hakkenshi zui-ichi</i> - 曲亭翁精著八犬士随一) - right-hand panel of a diptych
Inukawa Sōsuke Yoshitō (犬川荘介義任) from the series <i>The Eight Dog Heroes of the Master Author Old Kyokutei Bakin</i> (<i>Kyokutei-ō seicho Hakkenshi zui-ichi</i> - 曲亭翁精著八犬士随一) - right-hand panel of a diptych
Inukawa Sōsuke Yoshitō (犬川荘介義任) from the series <i>The Eight Dog Heroes of the Master Author Old Kyokutei Bakin</i> (<i>Kyokutei-ō seicho Hakkenshi zui-ichi</i> - 曲亭翁精著八犬士随一) - right-hand panel of a diptych

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (歌川国芳) (artist 11/15/1797 – 03/05/1861)

Inukawa Sōsuke Yoshitō (犬川荘介義任) from the series The Eight Dog Heroes of the Master Author Old Kyokutei Bakin (Kyokutei-ō seicho Hakkenshi zui-ichi - 曲亭翁精著八犬士随一) - right-hand panel of a diptych

Print


ca 1835
10.125 in x 14.875 in (Overall dimensions) Japanese woodblock print
Signed: Ichiyūsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi
Censor's seal: kiwame
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
British Museum
Tateyama City Museum
Lyon Collection - another copy of this print
Lyon Collection - another Kuniyoshi print related to this one
National Museums of Scotland
Hiroshige Museum of Art, Ena Inukawa Sōsuke Yoshitō has cut off the corner of a stone tank to reveal the shining jewel.

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There are two copies of this print in the Lyon Collection. See link above.

This print is linked to the Lyon Collection print, #1094, of Inuyama Dōsetsu Tadatomo (犬山道節忠知).

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Another copy of this print was also included in an exhibition from from March 11, 2017 to May 7, 2017 at the Fuchu-shi Art Museum.
Nishimuraya Yohachi (西村屋与八) (publisher)
Hakkenden (The Eight Dog Heroes - 八犬伝) (genre)
Kyokutei Bakin (曲亭馬琴) (author)