Extra: Sanosuke & Nishiki Paintings (1) is the forty-fifth chapter of the Rurouni Kenshin manga.
Synopsis[]
Sanosuke accepts an errand for Tae and Tsubame, to get them the latest popular nishiki-e prints during the day. To Sanosuke's surprise, he discovers prints of his late mentor Sagara Sōzō and that makes Sanosuke recognize the artist's name as an old friend. Who is the artist that makes the nishiki-e prints nowadays? What is this person's motives in this new Meiji era?
Summary[]
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Characters[]
- Himura Kenshin
- Kamiya Kaoru
- Myōjin Yahiko
- Sagara Sanosuke
- Sekihara Tae
- Sanjō Tsubame
- Tsukioka Tsunan
- Sagara Sōzō
Chapter Notes[]
This chapter has several differences with other portrayals of the events of the story in different iterations of the franchise:
Differences with the 1996 anime[]
- The anime includes a character called Shindō Tatewaki who supposely is the person who betrayed the Sekihōtai. He is an anime original character not present in the manga.
Differences with the 2023 anime[]
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Trivia[]
- The Nishiki-e is a type of Japanese multi-coloured woodblock printing, a technique used primarily in ukiyo-e. It is created by carving a separate woodblock for every colour, and using them in a stepwise fashion.
- Kenshin asks if Sanosuke is interested in "Shunga" erotic printings: it was a popular genre of ukiyo-e, and most of the ukiyo-e painters also produced shunga as well.
Gallery[]
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