Three Heroes of the Water Margin Capture the Bandit Queen Ichij?sei, from the series One Hundred Eight Heroes of the Theater Suikoden ca. 1835 Shunbaisai Hokuei ????? Japanese The plot of the fourteenth-century Chinese novel The Water Margin (Shuihu zhuan), known as Suikoden in Japanese, relates the exploits of 108 anti-government outlaws, heroes during an era of political corruption. The group of rebellious heroes were based in a secret hideaway surrounded by marshes—the water margin— as seen in Hokuei’s idealized rendition. This is a completely fabricated theatrical scene, since the four fam

Three Heroes of the Water Margin Capture the Bandit Queen Ichij?sei, from the series One Hundred Eight Heroes of the Theater Suikoden ca. 1835 Shunbaisai Hokuei ????? Japanese The plot of the fourteenth-century Chinese novel The Water Margin (Shuihu zhuan), known as Suikoden in Japanese, relates the exploits of 108 anti-government outlaws, heroes during an era of political corruption. The group of rebellious heroes were based in a secret hideaway surrounded by marshes—the water margin— as seen in Hokuei’s idealized rendition. This is a completely fabricated theatrical scene, since the four famous actors never performed together on the Osaka actors portrayed, from right to left: Nakamura Shikan II as Kumonry? Shishin, or Nine Dragons; Nakamura Utaemon III as Ny?unry? K? Sonsh?, Dragon in the Clouds; Keishi (Nakamura Tomij?r? II) as Ko Sanj? Ichij?sei, the female figure; and Arashi Rikan II as R?rihakuch? Ch?jun, or White Stripe in the Three Heroes of the Water Margin Capture the Bandit Queen Ichij?sei, from the series One Hundred Eight Heroes of the Theater Suikoden. Shunbaisai Hokuei ????? (Japanese, active 1829–1837, died 1837). Japan. ca. 1835. Tetraptych of woodblock prints (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper; vertical ?ban. Edo period (1615–1868). Prints

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