Shi Jin, the Nine Dragoned (Kyûmonryû Shishin), and Chen Da, the Gorge-Leaping Tiger (Chôkanko Chintatsu), from the series The Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Suikoden (Tsûzoku Suikoden gôketsu hyaku hachinin no hitori)

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Shi Jin, the Nine Dragoned (Kyûmonryû Shishin), and Chen Da, the Gorge-Leaping Tiger (Chôkanko Chintatsu), from the series The Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Suikoden (Tsûzoku Suikoden gôketsu hyaku hachinin no hitori)

「通俗水滸伝豪傑百八人之一個　九紋龍史進　跳澗虎陳達」

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Kagaya Kichiemon (Kichibei) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1827 (Bunsei 10)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38.6 x 26.5 cm (15 3/16 x 10 7/16 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number11.2100

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Klompmakers, Of Brigands and Bravery (1998), #1; Suzuki et al., Utagawa Kuniyoshi ten (1996), #19; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S2.41; Robinson, Kuniyoshi (1961), pl. 9

DescriptionOne of the first five prints designed for the series.

Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極