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Fight on the Roof of the Hôryûkaku

Fight on the Roof of the Hôryûkaku by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi — Japanese Print, 1887

Fight on the Roof of the Hôryûkaku

by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Meiji/Taishō Prints Ukiyo-e

Date:: 1887
Medium:: Print
Format:: Oban
Source:: Victoria and Albert Museum

Typical Price

Fine impression of warrior subject: $1,000–$5,000
Good condition warrior print: $400–$1,500
Later impression: $200–$600

Description

"Fight on the Roof of the Hôryûkaku" (1887) depicts a climactic battle scene set on the rooftop of Nikkō's famous lacquer pavilion, a moment drawn from the popular adventure novel "Nansō Satomi Hakkenden" (The Eight Dog Chronicles) by Takizawa Bakin. The two heroes Inuzuka Shino and Inukai Genpachi, sworn brothers bound by virtue and fate, clash with adversaries atop the ornate structure, their combat rendered with kinetic energy against the architectural backdrop. The Horyukaku setting elevates the battle into a realm of theatrical grandeur.

More Prints by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Shunkan Watching Enviously from Kikai Island as Yasuyori Returns to the Capitol after Being Unexpectedly Pardoned (Shunkan sozu Kikaigashima ni oite tamatama Yasuyori no shamen senbo kito no zu) by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Shunkan Watching Enviously from Kikai Island as Yasuyori Returns to the Capitol after Being Unexpectedly Pardoned (Shunkan sozu Kikaigashima ni oite tamatama Yasuyori no shamen senbo kito no zu)

Looking as if She Wants to Go for a Walk: The Fashion of a Married Woman of the Meiji Era (Yūho ga shitasō, Meiji nenkan saikun no fūzoku), from the series Thirty-two Appearances of Fashion (Fūzoku sanjūni sō) by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Looking as if She Wants to Go for a Walk: The Fashion of a Married Woman of the Meiji Era (Yūho ga shitasō, Meiji nenkan saikun no fūzoku), from the series Thirty-two Appearances of Fashion (Fūzoku sanjūni sō)

Slovenly (Shidaranasaso), from the series "Thirty-two Aspects of Women (Fuzoku sanjuniso)" by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Slovenly (Shidaranasaso), from the series "Thirty-two Aspects of Women (Fuzoku sanjuniso)"

1888

Color woodblock print; oban

Four PM, from the series "Twenty-Four Hours in Shinbashi and Yanagibashi" by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Four PM, from the series "Twenty-Four Hours in Shinbashi and Yanagibashi"

n.d.

Color woodblock print

More Architecture Prints

Futatsu Hall at Nikkō by Kawase Hasui

Futatsu Hall at Nikkō

1930s

Woodblock print, ink and color on paper

Plum Gateway by Hiroshi Yoshida

Plum Gateway

1935

Color woodblock print

The Golden Pavilion (Kinkaku) by Hiroshi Yoshida

The Golden Pavilion (Kinkaku)

Kinkaku

1933

Color woodblock print

Evening Snow at the Golden Pavilion (Kinkaku-ji no bosetsu) by Kawase Hasui

Evening Snow at the Golden Pavilion (Kinkaku-ji no bosetsu)

circa 1935

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Frequently Asked Questions

Fight on the Roof of the Hôryûkaku was created by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (月岡芳年) in 1887.

Fight on the Roof of the Hôryûkaku depicts architecture.