An edo period wood block print of the samurai inuzuka shino battling inukai kempachi and his men on the roof of the horyukaku, a tower of koga castle. This scene illustrates a popular episode from the edo era novel "tale of the eight dog warriors of satomi. " backed against a large fish ornament, inuzuka shino fights valiantly, sending his opponents tumbling through the air and sliding down the tiled rooftop. An enemy climbs over the roof below him, a truncheon clenched between his teeth, as a cloud of frightened birds takes wing. A fantastic, dramatic composition with excellent architectural detail and great expressive faces. Date: 1800s.
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