'Nakamura Shikan as Yayoi no Hinataro' From: 'Handsome Street Knights for the Five Festivals' - Toyokuni III Utagawa (1786-1865) - Japan - Edo Period (1600-1868)

Selected by Giovanni Bottero

Artist: Toyokuni III Utagawa (1786-1865) Title: Nakamura Shikan as Yayoi no Hinataro Series: Handsome Street Knights for the Five Festivals Publisher: Ebisuya Shoshichi Date: 1863 Size: 24.5 x 36.2 cm Condition: Trimmed. During the Edo Period, the samurai class had yet to adjust to the daily routine of peacetime and grew frustrated with the loss of status and usefulness. Bored and idle, they frequently caused trouble in towns and were involved in street fights and robbery. At the same time, the commoner otokodate (street knights) were gaining confidence in their strength among the merchants and they were employed by clerks, shopkeepers, innkeepers, and artisans for protection. The samurai and the otokodate were thus natural rivals, and as each group banded together into teams under leaders, fierce and bloody clashes broke out frequently.

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'Nakamura Shikan as Yayoi no Hinataro' From: 'Handsome Street Knights for the Five Festivals' - Toyokuni III Utagawa (1786-1865) - Japan - Edo Period (1600-1868)

Artist: Toyokuni III Utagawa (1786-1865)
Title: Nakamura Shikan as Yayoi no Hinataro
Series: Handsome Street Knights for the Five Festivals
Publisher: Ebisuya Shoshichi
Date: 1863
Size: 24.5 x 36.2 cm
Condition: Trimmed.

During the Edo Period, the samurai class had yet to adjust to the daily routine of peacetime and grew frustrated with the loss of status and usefulness. Bored and idle, they frequently caused trouble in towns and were involved in street fights and robbery. At the same time, the commoner otokodate (street knights) were gaining confidence in their strength among the merchants and they were employed by clerks, shopkeepers, innkeepers, and artisans for protection. The samurai and the otokodate were thus natural rivals, and as each group banded together into teams under leaders, fierce and bloody clashes broke out frequently.

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'Nakamura Shikan as Yayoi no Hinataro' From: 'Handsome Street Knights for the Five Festivals' - Toyokuni III Utagawa (1786-1865) - Japan - Edo Period (1600-1868)

Selected by Giovanni Bottero

'Nakamura Shikan as Yayoi no Hinataro' From: 'Handsome Street Knights for the Five Festivals' - Toyokuni III Utagawa (1786-1865) - Japan - Edo Period (1600-1868)