Ma Chao (Bachô), from the series Heroes of the Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Tsûzoku Sangokushi eiyû no ichinin)

「通俗三国志英雄之壹人」　馬超

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Jôshûya Kinzô (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1836 (Tenpô 7)

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 Number64.819

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S10.3

Signed Chôôrô Kuniyoshi ga
朝櫻楼国芳画

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Okamoto Eijirô
改印：極

Provenance1964, bequest of Maxim Karolik (1893-1963) to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 8, 1964)