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From the Eight Sheets of the 72 Earthly Stars (Chisatsusei shichijûniin, hachimai no uchi), Sheet 11 of 12 (Jûnimai no uchi jûichi), 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 十二枚之内十一」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Daikokuya Heikichi (Japanese)
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 Number08.543.12
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S3.11
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
Marks No censor's seal
No blockcutter's mark
改印:なし
彫師: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)