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Shi Jin, the Nine Dragoned (Kyûmonryû Shishin), from the series Mirror of Heroes of the Shuihuzhuan (Suikoden gôketsu kagami)

(Japanese, 1828–1888)
1856 (Ansei 3), 12th month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban; 37.2 x 25.5 cm (14 5/8 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession number00.1364
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ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899), Boston and Paris; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 05, 1900)
Acrobat Hayatake Torakichi from Osaka
Utagawa Yoshiharu
1857 (Ansei 4), 2nd month