Sakata Kintoki crushing a large piece of New Year’s mochi with his bare hands

Verhalen van Honderd Helden van Grote Bekendheid

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Title Sakata Kintoki crushing a large piece of New Year’s mochi with his bare hands Sakata Kintoki 坂田金時
Series title Verhalen van Honderd Helden van Grote Bekendheid 名高百勇
Artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳 (1797 - 1861)
Date 1843–1844
Publisher Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendō) 和泉屋市兵衛 (甘泉堂)
City Edo
Signature Chōōrō Kuniyoshi ga 朝櫻楼國芳画
Artist seal paulownia
Publisher’s seal(s) Hon Edo Sen’ichi 本江戸泉市
Type object Woodblock print
Technique & material Woodblock print; full colour print; pigment on paper
Format ōban
Object number SH2018-DM-232
Credit Line Gift of Muck and Mieke Douma
Provenance Gifted to the Japan Museum SieboldHuis in April 2018 by Muck and Mieke Douma