Sheet 3 of 12 (Jûnimai no uchi san), 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　八枚内」　「十二枚の内　三」

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1845 (Kôka 2); first edition about 1830–31

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.5 x 24.5 cm (14 3/4 x 9 5/8 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number11.2233

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Iwakiri et al., Edo no eiyû (2010), #126 (first edition); Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S3.3

DescriptionMFA impressions: 08.543.4, 11.2233

Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画

Marks Censor's seal: Watari
No blockcutter's markl
改印：渡
彫師：なし