Lu Zhishen, the Tattooed Priest, Originally Named Lu Da (Kaoshô Rochishin shomei Rotatsu), from the series One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Shuihuzhuan (Tsûzoku Suikoden gôketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori)

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Lu Zhishen, the Tattooed Priest, Originally Named Lu Da (Kaoshô Rochishin shomei Rotatsu), from the series One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Shuihuzhuan (Tsûzoku Suikoden gôketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori)

「通俗水滸伝豪傑百八人之一個　花和尚魯知深初名魯達」

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Kagaya Kichiemon (Kichibei) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1827 (Bunsei 10)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.3 x 25.3 cm (14 5/16 x 9 15/16 in.)

Credit Line Bequest of Maxim Karolik

Accession Number64.2383

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné MFA, Kuniyoshi & Kunisada (2016), #3; Klompmakers, Of Brigands and Bravery (1998), #6; Suzuki et al., Utagawa Kuniyoshi ten (1996), #22; Suzuki 1992, #80; Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S2.39; Robinson, Kuniyoshi (1961), pl. 8

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.30459, 64.2383

Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

Provenance1964, bequest of Maxim Karolik (1893-1963) to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 8, 1964)