From the 4 Sheets of the 36 Heavenly Stars (Tenkôsei sanjûrokuin, yomai no uchi), Sheet 5 of 12 (Jûnimai no uchi go), from the series One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Shuihuzhuan (Suikoden gôketsu hyakuhachinin)

「水滸伝豪傑百八人　天罡星三十六員四枚之内　十二枚之内五」

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 x 24.4 cm (14 9/16 x 9 5/8 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number11.2125

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S3.5

DescriptionMFA impressions: 08.543.6, 11.2125
青面獣楊志　小旋風柴進　美髯公朱？　両頭蛇觧珍　神行太保戴栄　挿翅虎雷横　九紋龍史進　双尾蝎解寳　花和尚魯智深

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