Zhang Heng, the Boatman (Senkaji Chôô), from the series Mirror of Heroes of the Shuihuzhuan (Suikoden gôketsu kagami) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Zhang Heng, the Boatman (Senkaji Chôô), from the series Mirror of Heroes of the Shuihuzhuan (Suikoden gôketsu kagami)

Zhang Heng, the Boatman (Senkaji Chôô), from the series Mirror of Heroes of the Shuihuzhuan (Suikoden gôketsu kagami)

「水滸傳豪傑鏡　舩火兒張横」

Utagawa Yoshiharu (Japanese, 1828–1888)
Publisher: Yamaguchiya Tôbei (Kinkôdô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1856 (Ansei 3), 12th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.8 x 25.5 cm (14 1/2 x 10 1/16 in.)

Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock

Accession Number00.1365

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ôta Mem. Mus., Edo yôkai dai zukan (2014), #59

Signed Ichibaisai Yoshiharu ga
一梅斎芳春画

Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Dragon 12
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、辰十二
彫師：なし

ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899), Boston and Paris; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 05, 1900)