Mongaku Shônin, from the series Mirror of Famous People of Our Country (Honchô kômei kagami)

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Mongaku Shônin, from the series Mirror of Famous People of Our Country (Honchô kômei kagami)

「本朝高名鑑　文覚聖人」

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Jōshūya Kinzō (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1839–40 (Tenpô 10–11)

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 Number64.822

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hinohara, Utagawa Kunisada (Ôta Mus., 2016), p. 127; Iwakiri et al., Edo no eiyû (2010), #87; King and Iwakiri, Japanese Warrior Prints (2007), #137; Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Ukiyo-e dai musha-e ten (2003), #I-130

Signed Kôchôrô Kunisada ga
香蝶楼国貞画

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Okamoto Eiji
改印：極
彫工岡本栄次

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