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「小子部栖軽豊浦里捕雷（こしべのすがるとよらのさとにらいをとらふ」
Koshibe no Sugaru Captures a Thunder Monster in Toyora Village (Koshibe no Sugaru Toyora no sato ni rai o torau)
「小子部栖軽豊浦里捕雷（こしべのすがるとよらのさとにらいをとらふ」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1834–35 (Tenpō 5–6)
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 Number64.851
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Heroes (2022), #U-5; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S1c.2, photo p. 12
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.16445, 64.851
On 11.16445, which has not been so severely trimmed at the right as 64.851, the pronunciation of the hero's name is clearly glossed as Koshibe no Sugaru; but the modern reading of the name is Chiisakobe no Sugaru.
On 11.16445, which has not been so severely trimmed at the right as 64.851, the pronunciation of the hero's name is clearly glossed as Koshibe no Sugaru; but the modern reading of the name is Chiisakobe no Sugaru.
Signed
Ichiyūsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
No censor's seal
Provenance1964, bequest of Maxim Karolik (1893-1963) to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 8, 1964)