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「通俗水滸伝豪傑百八人之一個 黒施風李逵 一名李鉄牛」
Li Kui, the Black Whirlwind, also called Iron Ox Li (Kokusenpû Riki, ichimei Ritetsugyû), 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一個 黒施風李逵 一名李鉄牛」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1827 (Bunsei 10)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 36.2 x 24.2 cm (14 1/4 x 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.28844
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Iwakiri et al., Edo no eiyû (2010), #111; Machida City Mus., Ukiyo-e dai musha-e ten (2003), #I-151; Klompmakers, Of Brigands and Bravery (1998), #22; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S2.34
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.2189, 11.28844, 64.803
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
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.
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.