From the Eight Sheets of the 72 Earthly Stars (Chisatsusei shichijûniin, hachimai no uchi), Sheet 8 of 12 (Jûnimai no uchi hachi), from the series One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Shuihuzhuan (Suikoden gôketsu hyakuhachinin) – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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From the Eight Sheets of the 72 Earthly Stars (Chisatsusei shichijûniin, hachimai no uchi), Sheet 8 of 12 (Jûnimai no uchi hachi), from the series One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Shuihuzhuan (Suikoden gôketsu hyakuhachinin)

From the Eight Sheets of the 72 Earthly Stars (Chisatsusei shichijûniin, hachimai no uchi), Sheet 8 of 12 (Jûnimai no uchi hachi), 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之内　十二枚之内八」

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; 36 × 25 cm (14 3/16 × 9 13/16 in.)

Credit Line Alfred Greenough Collection

Accession Number08.543.9

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S3.8

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)