Yang Xiong, the Pale Guan Suo (Byô Kansaku Yôyû), from the series One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Shuihuzhuan (Tsûzoku Suikoden gôketsu hyakuhachinin no uchi)

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Yang Xiong, the Pale Guan Suo (Byô Kansaku Yôyû), from the series One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Shuihuzhuan (Tsûzoku Suikoden gôketsu hyakuhachinin no uchi)

「通俗水滸伝豪傑百八人之内　病關索楊雄」

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Yamamotoya Heikichi (Eikyûdô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)

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

Dimensions Vertical chûban; 24.8 × 17.7 cm (9 3/4 × 6 15/16 in.)

Credit Line Alfred Greenough Collection

Accession Number08.543.22

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Robinson, Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints (1982), list #S47.3

DescriptionThe series includes two different designs for this character, 08.543.19 and 08.543.22.

Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画

Marks Censors' seals: Hama, Magome
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜、馬込
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)