Shosha-no-gomotsu Saitô Oniwakamaru, from the series Eight Hundred Heroes of the Japanese Shuihuzhuan (Honchô Suikoden gôyû happyakunin no hitori)

「本朝水滸伝剛勇八百人一個　書写御持西塔鬼若丸」

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Kagaya Kichiemon (Kichibei) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1830 (Bunsei 13/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 Number64.849

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Iwakiri et al., Edo no eiyû (2010), #115; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S4a.13

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.37976 (Ibaya edition), 64.849 (Kagaya edition)

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)