Tenjiku Tokubei and Gama no Sennin, from the series Mirror of Warriors of Our Country (Honchô musha kagami)

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Tenjiku Tokubei and Gama no Sennin, from the series Mirror of Warriors of Our Country (Honchô musha kagami)

「本朝武者鏡　がま仙人　天竺徳兵衛」

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1855 (Ansei 2), 4th month

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 Number64.792

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ôta Mem. Mus., Edo yôkai dai zukan (2014), #194; Nagoya City Mus., Takaki Shigeru Ukiyo-e Collection (2001), #28; the series: Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S87 (this design not listed)

Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画

Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Hare 4
No blockcutter's mark
改印：改、卯四
彫師：なし

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