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「水滸伝豪傑百八人 天罡星三十六員四枚之内 十二枚之内五」
From the 4 Sheets of the 36 Heavenly Stars (Tenkôsei sanjûrokuin, yomai no uchi), Sheet 5 of 12 (Jûnimai no uchi go), from the series One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Shuihuzhuan (Suikoden gôketsu hyakuhachinin)
「水滸伝豪傑百八人 天罡星三十六員四枚之内 十二枚之内五」
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; 35.9 × 25 cm (14 1/8 × 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Alfred Greenough Collection
Accession Number08.543.6
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S3.5
DescriptionMFA impressions: 08.543.6, 11.2125
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
No publisher's mark
改印：渡
彫師：なし
版元：なし
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)