Number
#6

Date
11/1885

Title (Kanji)

Title (Rōmaji)

Description
Shi Jin was a bandit hero featured in the Chinese novel “Shui hu Zhaun,” which was translated into the Japanese Suikoden. He is heavily tattooed, and was nicknamed “Kumonryū,” or “Nine-dragoned,” for his many dragon tattoos. Here, Shi Jin relaxes in his village before fleeing from arrest.

Additional information

Year Published

1885

Size

Ōban

Signed

Yoshitoshi, Yoshitoshi giga

Seals

Taiso, Yoshitoshi, Yoshitoshi no in

Subjects

Men, Moon, Mythology, Tattoos, Trees/forest

Editions

First

Publisher

Akiyama Buemon

Block Carvers

Esen, Naoyama, Nigouchi Enkatsu, Unknown, Yamamoto, Yoshihisa