Usui Matagorô Kills a Giant Ape in the Mountains of Hida (Usui Matagorô hida sanchû ni ôzaru o utsu)

「碓井又五郎飛弾山中ﾆ打大猿ｦ」

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 Number64.853

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S1c.3

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.16476, 11.22195, 64.853

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)