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Sheet 3 of 12 (Jûnimai no uchi san), from the series One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Shuihuzhuan (Suikoden gôketsu hyakuhachinin)


「水滸伝豪傑百八人 地煞星七十二員 八枚内」 「十二枚の内 三」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
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 × 24.9 cm (14 1/8 × 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line Alfred Greenough Collection
Accession Number08.543.4
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Iwakiri et al., Edo no eiyû (2010), #126 (first edition); Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S3.3
DescriptionMFA impressions: 08.543.4, 11.2233
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censor's seal: Watari
No blockcutter's mark
No publisher's mark
改印:渡
彫師:なし
版元: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)