Title: Tale of Eight Dogs (Hakkenden)  八犬伝;
Object type: Illustrated books
Date: [1853, (Kaei 6)]
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川國芳 
Artist bio: Japanese, 1797–1861
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Set of two woodblock printed books; ink and color on paper
Dimensions: each: 7 1/16 × 4 3/4 in. (18 × 12 cm)
Classification: Illustrated Books
Credit line: Purchase, Mary and James G. Wallach Foundation Gift, 2013
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Weapons, term: Men, term: Women