Kaidōmaru [Child of Unbelievable Strength]

Mirror of Great Accomplishments

Information

Title	Kaidōmaru [Child of Unbelievable Strength] Kaidōmaru 怪童丸
Series title	Mirror of Great Accomplishments 雅立功名鑑
Artist	Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 月岡芳年 (1839–1892) 月岡芳年 (1839 - 1892)
Date	1881
Publisher	Kodama Matashichi 児玉又七
City	Tokyo

Signature

Yoshitoshi 芳年

Artist seal

Taiso 大蘇

Inscription

(in cartouche)

相刕足柄山に成出し怪童丸ハ常に猛獣とたわむれ遊バ地を抜の力ありて七文の比より源の頼光が臣となりて名を坂田主馬之助金時とたまわり成長にしたがひ武勇絶論[sic]なりしかバ遂に頼光が四天王の随一となり頼光が死後に至り其終所をしらす

(in left margin)

Meiji jūyon nen [blank] gatsu [blank] hi otodoke　明治十四年　月　日

Submitted in Meiji year 14, month [blank], day [blank]

Technique & material	Woodblock print; full colour print; pigment on paper
Format	chūban

Object number	SH2018-DM-106
Credit Line	Gift of Muck and Mieke Douma
Provenance	Gifted to the Japan Museum SieboldHuis in April 2018 by Muck and Mieke Douma