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「一魁随筆 托塔天王晁葢」
Chao Gai, the Pagoda-shifting Heavenly King (Takutō Tennō Chōgai) [a Suikoden hero], from the series Essays by Yoshitoshi (Ikkai zuihitsu)
「一魁随筆 托塔天王晁葢」
Japanese
Meiji era
1872 (Meiji 5), 11th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ōban; 36.9 x 25 cm (14 1/2 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.37615
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Iwakiri et al., Edo no eiyū (2010), #10; Museum of Kyoto, Tsukioka Yoshitoshi ten (2001), #79; Ing & Schaap, Beauty & Violence (1992), #23.4 (no photo)
DescriptionChao Gai is one of heroes in the classic Chinese novel Shuihuzhuan (Suikoden in Japanese), but he is not included in the list of 108 Stars of Destiny.
Signed
Ikkaisai Yoshitoshi hitsu
一魁斎芳年筆
一魁斎芳年筆
Marks
Censor's seal: Water Monkey (Jinshin, mizunoe saru) 11
Blockcutter's mark: Horikō Ryū (or Ru ?)
Artist's seal: Tsukioka
改印：壬申十一
彫師：彫工留
Blockcutter's mark: Horikō Ryū (or Ru ?)
Artist's seal: Tsukioka
改印：壬申十一
彫師：彫工留
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 19, 2005)
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.