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Wang Dingliu, the Living Hag of Hell (Kassenba Ôteiroku), from the series One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Shuihuzhuan (Suikoden hyakuhachinin no uchi)


「水湖伝百八人之内 霍閔婆王定六」
Totoya Hokkei (Japanese, 1780–1850)
Japanese
Edo period
1853

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions 25.4 x 17.4 cm (10 x 6 7/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39649
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionOriginally published in 1829 in the book Portraits of Heroes of the Suikoden (Suikoden gazôshû); for the complete book, see 1997.565.1-2 .
Signed Unsigned
無款
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.