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Nichiren in the Snow at Tsukahara on Sado Island (Sashû Tsukahara setchû), from the series Sketches of the Life of Nichiren (Kôso goichidai ryakuzu)


「高祖御一代略図 佐洲塚原雪中」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Iseya Rihei (Kinjudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1830–35 (Tenpô 1–6)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 24.5 x 38.3 cm (9 5/8 x 15 1/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.8174
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Clark, Kuniyoshi from Miller Coll. (2009), #87; Shibuya Kuritsu Shôtô Bijutsukan, Ukiyoeshitachi no shinbutsu (1999), #23; Schaap, Heroes and Ghosts (1998), #208; Suzuki et al., Utagawa Kuniyoshi ten (1996), #s 90, 91, 92; Suzuki 1992, #183
DescriptionMFA impressions: *11.1946 (deaccessioned in 2019), 21.8174, 21.8175
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi hitsu
一勇斎国芳筆
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
ProvenanceJuly 1914, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.