Author: Utagawa Hiroshige (歌川広重), aka Andō Hiroshige (広重安藤).
Signature: Hiroshige ga (広重画).
Subject: Oniō and Dōzaburo, Sōga Brothers Vassals (Oniō to Dōzaburo, Sōga kyōdai no jyūsha, 鬼王と道三郎、
曽我兄弟の従者).
Series : The tale of the Sōga (Sōga monogatari zue, 曽我物語図会).
Number: 20/31.
Genre: musha-e (武者絵), monogatari-e (物語絵).
Size: large (ōban, 大判) 36cm x 24,1cm ( 14,17 x 9,48 inches).
Publisher: Ibaya Senzaburō (伊場屋仙三郎).
Period: c. 1843 ~ 1847.
Trimmed: yes
Backed: yes
Code: HSA01003
Condition: good condition. Colour is clear, clean with good saturation. Minor stain which does not
compromise the design. Any remarkable wrinkle nor crease. Any evident damage nor fixing. It has been backed and
slightly trimmed.
Oniō and Dōzaburo are the subjetc of this print from the "Tale of the Sōga" collection by Hiroshige.
Also known by the name of Oniōmaru (鬼王丸) and Tanzaburō (丹三郎) they enter the scene from the second
half of the story, helping the Sōga brothers in their quest for revenge.
Despite costing them their own life the Sōga brothers eventually succeded in avenging their father's death.
After few debates over their real existence, Oniō and Dōzaburo (even if probably under different but similar names) have
been acknowledged as real and are now remembered for having brought back the brothers memento to their mother and spread
their memory across the nation.