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Zhang Shun, the White Streak in the Waves (Rôrihakuchô Chôjun), from the series One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Shuihuzhuan (Tsûzoku Suikoden gôketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori)


「通俗水滸伝豪傑百八人之壱人 浪裡白跳張順」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Kagaya Kichiemon (Kichibei) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1827–30 (Bunsei 10–Tenpô 1)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38 x 26 cm (14 15/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.16450
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Iwakiri et al., Edo no eiyû (2010), #105; Clark, Kuniyoshi from Miller Coll. (2009), #7; Klompmakers, Of Brigands and Bravery (1998), #56; Suzuki 1992, #82; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S2.49
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.16450, 64.834
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)

NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.