Shunkan, the Ascetic of Hosshô-ji Temple (Hosshô-ji shûgyô Shunkan), from the series Characters from the Chronicle of the Rise and Fall of the Minamoto and Taira Clans (Seisuiki jinpin sen)

「盛衰記人品箋　法勝寺執行俊寛」

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Eshima (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1840 (Tenpô 11)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical chûban; 23.8 × 18 cm (9 3/8 × 7 1/16 in.)

Credit Line Source unidentified

Accession Number2009.4991.64

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Iwakiri 2011, #56; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S15.9

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.16595, 2009.4991.64

Signed Chôôrô Kuniyoshi ga
朝櫻楼国芳画

Marks No censor's seal
改印：なし