Artist Konishi Hirosada
     nationality Japanese
     birth-death 1817-1821-1863-1867
Creation date 1848
Period Edo
Materials color woodblock print
Dimensions 9 7/16 x 16 9/16 in. (sheet)
Credit line Purchased with funds provided by a Friend of the Museum
Accession number 2003.170

Gallery Label

犬塚信乃

Series: Eight Dog Warriors (Hakkenshi) 八犬士

Inuzuka Shino is one of eight warriors who bear "inu" (dog) in their names in The Tale of the Eight Dog Warriors of Satomi, a widely praised epic of historical-fantastical fiction in 106 volumes written between 1814 and 1842 by Takizawa Bakin (1767-1848). Films and anime of the tale are still popular today.

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