Fudō Myōō Threatening the Priest Yūten

Information

Title Fudō Myōō Threatening the Priest Yūten
Artist Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 月岡芳年 (1839–1892)
Date 5/1885
Publisher Akiyama Buemon (Kokkeidō) 秋山武右衛門 (滑稽堂)
Woodcarver Noguchi Enkatsu 野口圓活
City Tokyo
Signature Yoshitoshi 芳年
Artist seal Taiso 大蘇
Blockcutter’s (and/or) printer’s) seal(s) hori kō Enkatsu 彫工圓活
Inscription

Inscription:

(in left margin)

御届明治十八年五月 日 Meiji jūhachi nen go gatsu [blank] nichi submitted in Meiji year 18, month 5, day [blank]

[sealed:] 組合証 kumiai akashi Guild Certified

(bottom right in seal)

浅草須賀町二バンチ Asakusa Sugachō 2-banchi (Yoshitoshi’s address)

画工月岡米次郎 gakō Tsukioka Yonejirō image created by: Tsukioka Yonejirō*

室町三丁目九バンチ Muromachi-chō 3-chōme 9-banchi (Publisher’s address)

出版人 秋山武右エ門 shuppanjin Akiyama Buemon publisher Akiyama Buemon

*Yonejirō was Yoshitoshi’s birth name

Technique & material Woodblock print; full colour print; pigment on paper
Format ōban triptych
Object number SH2018-DM-169
Credit Line Gift of Muck and Mieke Douma
Provenance Gifted to Japan Museum SieboldHuis in April 2018 by Muck and Mieke Douma