Illustration from the Book Chinsetsu Yumiharizuki (Chinsetsu Yumiharizuki kanchû ryakuzu): The Wolf Yamao Attacks a Giant Serpent on Behalf of His Master and Leaves His Bones in the Mountains (Yamao--ôkami no na nari--shû no tame ni orochi o kande sanchû ni mukuro o todomu)
Manjirô Hokuga
(Japanese, died in 1856)
Kawaguchiya Shôzô (Shôeidô, Eisendô)
(Japanese)
1840 (Tenpô 11)
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban triptych; 35.3 x 75.5 cm (13 7/8 x 29 3/4 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number17.3209.51-3
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ProvenanceBy 1917, Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 – d. 1935), Cambridge, MA; April 5, 1917, gift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 5, 1917)
Manjirô Hokuga
Katsushika Hokuga