The Buddha Relic, from the series The Life of Prince Shôtoku (Shôtoku Taishi on-ichidaiki)

聖徳太子御一代記　仏舎利

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1840 (Tenpô 11)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 22.8 x 33.5 cm (9 x 13 3/16 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number17.3207.12

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S14.3

DescriptionMFA impressions: *17.3207.12 (deaccessioned in 2019), 49.1257

Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画

Marks No censor's seal
改印：なし