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Miyamoto Musashi, from the series Eight Hundred Heroes of the Japanese Shuihuzhuan (Honchô Suikoden gôyû happyakunin no hitori)


「本朝水滸伝剛勇八百人一個 宮本無三四」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Kagaya Kichiemon (Kichibei) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1833–35 (Tenpô 4–6)

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 Number64.817
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Iwakiri et al., Edo no eiyû (2010), #118; Shibuya Kuritsu Shôtô Bijutsukan, Musha-e (2003), #141; Schaap, Heroes and Ghosts (1998), #17; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S4b.3
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
Provenance1964, bequest of Maxim Karolik (b. 1893- d. 1963), Newport, RI to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 8, 1964)