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Zou Run, the One-horned Dragon (Dokukakuryû Sûjun), and Xie Bao, the Double-tailed Scorpion (Sôbikatsu Kaihô), 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 獨角龍雛潤 雙虎(=尾)蝎解寳」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Kagaya Kichiemon (Kichibei) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
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 Number64.833
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Klompmakers, Of Brigands and Bravery (1998), #42; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S2.16
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.1956, 64.833
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
Provenance1964, bequest of Maxim Karolik (1893-1963) to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 8, 1964)