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The Miraculous Gourd, from the series The Life of Prince Shôtoku (Shôtoku Taishi on-ichidaiki)


「聖徳太子御一代記」 怪しき瓢
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Jôshûya Jûzô / Jûbei (Kinjûdô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1840 (Tenpô 11)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 25.1 x 36.6 cm (9 7/8 x 14 7/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Porter Sargent
Accession Number49.1256
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S14.1
DescriptionMFA impressions: *17.3207.11 (deaccessioned in 2019), 49.1256
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
Marks No censor's seal
改印:なし
Provenance1949, gift of Porter Sargent to the MFA.