Katsuenra Genshōshichi (Ruan Xiaoqi, the Living King of Hell), from the series Tsūzoku Suikoden gōketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori (One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Water Margin)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Katsuenra Genshōshichi (Ruan Xiaoqi, the Living King of Hell), from the series Tsūzoku Suikoden gōketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori (One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Water Margin), 1827/1830, color woodblock print on paper; ōban nishiki-e, Museum Purchase: Funds provided by Travers Hill Polak, public domain, 2012.59.1
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- Title
Katsuenra Genshōshichi (Ruan Xiaoqi, the Living King of Hell), from the series Tsūzoku Suikoden gōketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori (One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Water Margin)
- Related Titles
original language: 活閽羅阮小七
series (original language): 通俗水滸伝豪傑百八人之一個
series (translated): One Hundred and Eight Heroes of the Popular Water Margin
series (transliterated): Tsūzoku Suikoden gōketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori
translated: Ruan Xiaoqi, the Living King of Hell
transliterated: Katsuenra Genshōshichi
- Artist
- Related People
- Date
1827/1830
- Period
Japan: Edo period (1615-1868)
- Medium
color woodblock print on paper; ōban nishiki-e
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image/sheet: 14 5/8 in x 9 7/8 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
inscription: , printed in black ink, top center Language: Japanese Description: Commentary on scene.
publisher's mark: 吉 / 両国 // 加々や, printed in black ink within rectangular cartouche, bottom right Transliteration (Translation): Kichi / Ryōgoku // Kagaya ([seal of the publisher Kagaya Kichiemon 加賀屋吉右衛門]) Language: Japanese Description: Edo publisher, firm Seiseidō 青盛堂 active ca. 1815-50.
censor's mark: 極, printed in black relief within circular cartouche, lower right Transliteration (Translation): kiwame (approval) Language: Japanese
signature: 一勇斎國芳画, printed in black ink within rectangular cartouche on reserve ground, center left Transliteration (Translation): Ichiyūsai Kuniyoshi ga (picture [by] Ichiyūsai Kuniyoshi) Language: Japanese
series title: 水滸傳濠傑百八人之個, printed in black ink within rectangular cartouche, upper right Transliteration (Translation): Tsūzoku Suikoden gōketsu hyakuhachinin no hitori (108 Heroes of the Popular Water Margin) Language: Japanese
title: 活閽羅阮小七, printed in black ink within rectangular cartouche, upper right Transliteration (Translation): Katsuenra Genshōshichi (Living King of Hell Ruan Xiaoqi) Language: Japanese
- Collection Area
Asian Art; Graphic Arts
- Category
Prints
Japanese Traditional Prints
- Object Type
relief print
- Culture
Japanese
- Credit Line
Museum Purchase: Funds provided by Travers Hill Polak
- Accession Number
2012.59.1
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
- Exhibitions
2019 Curator's Choice: Japanese Print Acquisitions of the Past Decade Portland Art Museum
