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The Property of a Gentleman

Hishikawa Moronobu (died 1694) | Minamoto no Yorimitsu and His Retainers Decapitate Shutendoji | Edo period, late 17th century

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The Property of a Gentleman

Hishikawa Moronobu (died 1694)

Minamoto no Yorimitsu and His Retainers Decapitate Shutendoji

Edo period, late 17th century

 

woodblock print, sumizuri-e with hand-applied colour, from an untitled series of the Shutendoji story, unsigned, circa 1680

 

Horizontal oban: 25.5 x 34.2 cm., 9¾ x 13½ in.

From a series of which eighteen prints are known. For another impression of the same print in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number 11.13420, go to:

https://collections.mfa.org/objects/206094/minamoto-no-yorimitsu-and-his-retainers-decapitate-shutendoj?ctx=7132b3de-5e58-4bec-b166-52a1e00a0583&idx=2