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Zhu Gui, the Dry-land Crocodile (Kanchikotsuritsu Shuki), 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 早地忽律朱貴」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Ibaya Senzaburô (Dansendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4); first edition about 1827–30 (Bunsei 10–Tenpô 1)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.3 x 25.3 cm (14 5/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of Maxim Karolik
Accession Number64.811
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Klompmakers, Of Brigands and Bravery (1998), #7; Suzuki et al., Utagawa Kuniyoshi ten (1996), #20; Suzuki 1992, #79; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S2.27
DescriptionThe censor's seal indicates that this impression is a reprint of 1843-47.
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censor's seal: Watari
No blockcutter's mark
改印:渡
彫師:なし
Provenance1964, bequest of Maxim Karolik (1893-1963) to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 8, 1964)