Yan Qing, the Graceful (Rōshi Ensei), from the series One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Shuihuzhuan (Tsūzoku Suikoden gōketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori)

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Yan Qing, the Graceful (Rōshi Ensei), from the series One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Shuihuzhuan (Tsūzoku Suikoden gōketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori)

「通俗水滸伝豪傑百八人之一個　浪子燕青」

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Ibaya Senzaburō (Dansendō) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1843–47 (Tenpō 14–Kōka 4); first edition about 1827–30 (Bunsei 10–Tenpō 1)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ōban; 36.3 x 25.3 cm (14 5/16 x 9 15/16 in.)

Credit Line Bequest of Maxim Karolik

Accession Number64.801

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Klompmakers, Of Brigands and Bravery (1998), #51; Thompson & Harootunian, Undercurrents in the Floating World (1991), fig. 24; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S2.50

Signed Ichiyūsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画

Marks Censor's seal: Watari
No blockcutter's mark
改印：渡
彫師：なし

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