The Miraculous Gourd, from the series The Life of Prince Shôtoku (Shôtoku Taishi on-ichidaiki)
「聖徳太子御一代記」 怪しき瓢
Japanese
Edo period
about 1840 (Tenpô 11)
Artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861), Publisher Jôshûya Jûzô / Jûbei (Kinjûdô) (Japanese)
Catalogue Raisonné
Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S14.1
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 25.1 x 36.6 cm (9 7/8 x 14 7/16 in.)
Accession Number
49.1256
Medium or Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
MFA impressions: 17.3207.11, 49.1256
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
Markings
No censor's seal
改印：なし
Provenance
1949, gift of Porter Sargent to the MFA.
Credit Line
Gift of Porter Sargent