Caricatures of the Suikoden

Publisher: Kaga-ya Kichiemon

c. 1830

This series of ten numbered prints satirizes the semi-historical characters in the Chinese novel, Suikoden (Shuihu zhuan in Chinese). The novel tells of the adventures of a band of 108 rebels who sought refuge in the margins of Liangshan Marsh. These rebel warriors sought to protect the poor and downtrodden, very much like Robin Hood’s band. This series is not listed in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961). The prints are each about 14 by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size known as ôban.

	Number: 1
	Number: 2
	Number: 3
	Number: 4
	Number: 5
	Number: 6
	Number: 7
	Number: 8
	Number: 9
	Number: 10

‘Robinson’ refers to listing in Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints by Basil William Robinson (Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 1982) and its unpublished supplement.

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