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「通俗水滸伝豪傑百八人 天罡星 三十六員 四枚内」 「十二枚内 一」
Sheet 1 of 12 (Jûnimai no uchi ichi), from the series One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Shuihuzhuan (Suikoden gôketsu hyakuhachinin)
「通俗水滸伝豪傑百八人 天罡星 三十六員 四枚内」 「十二枚内 一」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1845 (Kôka 2); first edition about 1830–31 (Tenpô 1–2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 35.8 × 24.8 cm (14 1/8 × 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Alfred Greenough Collection
Accession Number08.543.2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Iwakiri et al., Edo no eiyû (2010), #125 (first edition); Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S3.1
DescriptionMFA impressions: 08.543.2 (Daikokuya edition), 11.1961 (Ibaya edition)
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censor's seal: Watari
No blockcutter's mark
改印:渡
彫師:なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印:渡
彫師:なし
ProvenanceBy date unknown, Alfred Greenough Collection, Boston, MA; 1884, by inheritance to his uncle, Charles H. Parker, Milton, MA; 1908, bequest of Charles H. Parker to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 13, 2009)