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Saitô Oniwakamaru


「西塔鬼若丸」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Yamashiroya Heisuke (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1845–46 (Kôka 2–3)

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 Number64.830
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba City Mus., Ukiyo-e ni egakareta kodomotachi (2014), #269; Suzuki et al., Utagawa Kuniyoshi ten (1996), #s 64, 65
DescriptionProbably from the same untitled series as 64.831. Apparently not listed in Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982); it may have been confused with another design listed as #S1f.10 and illustrated in pl. 24.
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censor's seal: Mura
No blockcutter's mark
改印:村
彫師:なし
Provenance1964, bequest of Maxim Karolik (1893-1963) to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 8, 1964)