Saginoike Heikurô, 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　鷺池平九郎」

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

Japanese

Edo period

about 1834–35 (Tenpô 4–5)

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 Number64.850

OUT ON LOAN
On display at Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, September 21, 2024 – January 5, 2025

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S4b.4

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.16456, 64.850, 2016.1350

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)