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From the 4 Sheets of the 36 Heavenly Stars (Tenkôsei sanjûrokuin, yomai no uchi), Sheet 6 of 12 (Jûnimai no uchi roku), 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 十二枚之内六」
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; 35.4 × 24.9 cm (13 15/16 × 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line Alfred Greenough Collection
Accession Number08.543.7
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S3.6
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)