Skip to main content
Advanced Search
Actors Sawamura Gennosuke II as Lu Junyi, the Jade Unicorn (Gyokukirin Roshungi ni gisu, TR); Segawa Rokô (Kikunojô V) as Hu Sanniang, the Ten-foot Blue One (Kosanro Ichijôsei ni gisu, BR); Ichikawa Sanshô (Danjûrô VII) as Shi Jin, the Nine Dragoned (Kyûmonryû Shishin ni gisu, TL); and Nakamura Shikan II as Hua Rong, the Little Li Guang (Shôrikô Kaei ni gisu, BL), in 108 Heroes of the Popular Shuihuzhuan (Tsûzoku Suikoden gôketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori)

Actors Sawamura Gennosuke II as Lu Junyi, the Jade Unicorn (Gyokukirin Roshungi ni gisu, TR); Segawa Rokô (Kikunojô V) as Hu Sanniang, the Ten-foot Blue One (Kosanro Ichijôsei ni gisu, BR); Ichikawa Sanshô (Danjûrô VII) as Shi Jin, the Nine Dragoned (Kyûmonryû Shishin ni gisu, TL); and Nakamura Shikan II as Hua Rong, the Little Li Guang (Shôrikô Kaei ni gisu, BL), in 108 Heroes of the Popular Shuihuzhuan (Tsûzoku Suikoden gôketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori)

(Japanese, active about 1830–1850)
early 1830s
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsOverall: 33 x 42 cm (13 x 16 9/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.18134
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)

NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.