From the 4 Sheets of the 36 Heavenly Stars (Tenkôsei sanjûrokuin, yomai no uchi), Sheet 9 of 12 (Jûnimai no uchi kyû), 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 4 Sheets of the 36 Heavenly Stars (Tenkôsei sanjûrokuin, yomai no uchi), Sheet 9 of 12 (Jûnimai no uchi kyû), from the series One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Shuihuzhuan (Suikoden gôketsu hyakuhachinin)

From the 4 Sheets of the 36 Heavenly Stars (Tenkôsei sanjûrokuin, yomai no uchi), Sheet 9 of 12 (Jûnimai no uchi kyû), 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　十二枚之内九」

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 × 25 cm (14 1/8 × 9 13/16 in.)

Credit Line Alfred Greenough Collection

Accession Number08.543.10

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S3.9

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)