Loyal Songs of Itako (Chūkō itakobushi) : [volume 5]
A Hokusai woodblock book of 1809 published in Edo by Ishiwatari Risuke and Kadomaruya Jinsuke, a volume of loyal-retainer tales for a popular readership. Its pictures are bold black-and-white line prints of samurai in robes, ghostly or animal figures, moonlit gardens and stage-like halls, showing how Edo artists used dramatic silhouettes and flowing line for narrative action.
![Picture 1 of 4 from Loyal Songs of Itako (Chūkō itakobushi) : [volume 5] (1809), leaf 6](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_16626-6-1.webp)
![Picture 2 of 4 from Loyal Songs of Itako (Chūkō itakobushi) : [volume 5] (1809), leaf 14](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_16626-14-1.webp)
![Picture 3 of 4 from Loyal Songs of Itako (Chūkō itakobushi) : [volume 5] (1809), leaf 19](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_16626-19-1.webp)
![Picture 4 of 4 from Loyal Songs of Itako (Chūkō itakobushi) : [volume 5] (1809), leaf 23](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_16626-23-1.webp)