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The Fight on the Roof of the Hôryûkaku, from The Tale of Eight Dogs (Hakkenden no uchi Hôryûkaku)


「八犬伝之内芳流閣」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1836–37 (Tenpô 7–8)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.8 x 76.3 cm (14 1/2 x 30 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number17.3209.63-5
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Iwakiri 2011, #50; Clark, Kuniyoshi from Miller Coll. (2009), #20; Chiba Museum, Hakkenden no sekai (2008), #94-95; Shibuya Kuritsu Shôtô Bijutsukan, Musha-e (2003), #128; Suzuki 1992, #99; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #T41, pl. 43
DescriptionTriptych: 17.3209.63 (right), 17.3209.64 (center), 17.3209.65 (left)

MFA impressions: 11.39555a-c, 17.3209.63-5
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on center and left sheets only)
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame (on left sheet only)
改印:極
ProvenanceBy 1917, Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 – d. 1935), Cambridge, MA; April 5, 1917, gift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 5, 1917)