Nichiren in the Snow at Tsukahara on Sado Island (Sashû Tsukahara setchû), from the series Sketches of the Life of Nichiren (Kôso goichidai ryakuzu)

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DEACESSIONED June 20, 2019

Nichiren in the Snow at Tsukahara on Sado Island (Sashû Tsukahara setchû), from the series Sketches of the Life of Nichiren (Kôso goichidai ryakuzu)

「高祖御一代略図　佐洲塚原雪中」

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Iseya Rihei (Kinjudô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1830–35 (Tenpô 1–6)

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

Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 24 x 34.8 cm (9 7/16 x 13 11/16 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number11.1946

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Clark, Kuniyoshi from Miller Coll. (2009), #87; Shibuya Kuritsu Shôtô Bijutsukan, Ukiyoeshitachi no shinbutsu (1999), #23; Schaap, Heroes and Ghosts (1998), #208; Suzuki et al., Utagawa Kuniyoshi ten (1996), #s 90, 91, 92; Suzuki 1992, #183

DescriptionMFA impressions: *11.1946 (deaccessioned in 2019), 21.8174, 21.8175

Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi hitsu
一勇斎国芳筆

Marks Censor's seal: (kiwame; in right margin, cut off of this impression)
No blockcutter's mark
改印：（極）
彫師：なし