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In Toyora Village, Koshibe no Sugaru Captures a Thunder Monster (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」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1834–35 (Tenpô 5–6)

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 Number64.851
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S1c.2, photo p. 12
DescriptionOn impressions of this print that have not been so severely trimmed at the right, 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 Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
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)