Sheet 1 of 12 (Jûnimai no uchi ichi), from the series One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Shuihuzhuan (Suikoden gôketsu hyakuhachinin)

「通俗水滸伝豪傑百八人　天罡星　三十六員　四枚内」　「十二枚内　一」

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Ibaya Senzaburō (Dansendō) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1845 (Kôka 2); first edition about 1830–31

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.6 x 25 cm (14 13/16 x 9 13/16 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number11.1961

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Iwakiri et al., Edo no eiyû (2010), #125 (first edition); Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S3.1

DescriptionMFA impressions: 08.543.2 (Daikokuya edition), 11.1961 (Ibaya edition)

Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画

Marks Censor's seal: Watari
No blockcutter's mark
改印：渡
彫師：なし