Raikô and His Companions Encounter a Woman Washing a Bloody Garment in a Stream

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Raikô and His Companions Encounter a Woman Washing a Bloody Garment in a Stream

頼光主徒と血に染まった衣服を洗う女

Komatsuken (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Sekine Kaei (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1765 (Meiwa 2)

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

Dimensions Vertical chûban; 28 x 20.3 cm (11 x 8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.5698

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #630; Ukiyo-e shûka supp. 2 (1982), pl. 607

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.19709, 21.5698

Possibly from a untitled series illustrating the story of Shutendôji.

Signed Komatsuken ga
小松軒画

Marks Blockcutter: Chôkô Sekine Kaei

ProvenanceFormerly in the Sumitomo collection; June 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Yamanaka & Co.; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.