Skip to main content

Visit Main Menu Block

  • Hours & Admission
  • Accessibility & Amenities
  • Tours & Group Visits
  • Visitor Guidelines

Exhibitions and Events Main Menu Block

  • Exhibitions
  • Events

Art and Design Main Menu Block

  • The Collection
  • Projects & Publications
  • Past Exhibitions

Footer Main

  • Become a Member
  • Give
  • Who We Are
  • Opportunities
  • Rent the Museum

Image

Previous 1 / 1 Next

Mizuno Toshikata

Two Heroes Battle at the Foot of Liangshan (Ryōzanpaku no fūmoto ni ryōketsu yu o arasō), 1890's

Description

Maker

  • Mizuno Toshikata, 1866-1908, Japanese
  • Hori Tatsu, Japanese, block carver
  • Katada Chojiro, Japanese, publisher

Title

Two Heroes Battle at the Foot of Liangshan (Ryōzanpaku no fūmoto ni ryōketsu yu o arasō)

Year

1890's

Medium

Polychrome woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • color,
  • ink

Techniques

  • wood block,
  • woodcut

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Overall: 36.4 x 73.2 cm (14 5/16 x 28 13/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed in the block, right sheet | Oju (by commission) Toshikata ga | ?

Place

Japan; Tokyo

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Paula and Leonard Granoff

Object Number

85.197.22

About

Yōshi the blue-faced beast (seen on the left) and Rinchū, the Panther Head (on the right) are two heroes in the popular Chinese novel Water Margin (Suikoden), a tale of righteous outlaws fighting against injustice. The encounter shown here depicts them testing their skills against each other. The chief of the outlaw band watches from a distance to determine whether the two are worthy to join their cause.

Signed in the block, right sheet | Oju (by commission) Toshikata ga | ?

Japan; Tokyo
[]

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Real and Imagined

December 7, 2018 - May 5, 2019

Heroes and Warriors

September 28, 2007 - January 13, 2008

In this scene from the Chinese novel Water Margin (Shuihuzhuan; J., Suikoden), Lin Zhong fights Yang Zhi at Liangshan. This battle determines that these two righteous outlaws will eventually join the renegade band that hides out at Liang Mountain, visible on the right in the far distance. Both warriors are identified by their nicknames as well as their given names: “Blue-Faced Beast” Yang Zhi is on the left and “Panther-Headed” Lin Zhong on the right.

Tradition and Innovation in Meiji-Period Prints

December 6, 2002 - March 2, 2003

Yang Zhi (“Blue-Faced Beast”) and Lin Chong (“Panther Head”) are two of the heroes of the Chinese novel Water Margin (Shuihuzhuan), a tale of righteous outlaws who fight against injustice. This encounter is critical in determining that both of these great warriors will eventually join the outlaw band that hides out at Liang Mountain, on the right in this depiction.

Depicting Four Seasons in Japanese Prints

July 23 - September 26, 1993

Related

Mizuno Toshikata

Two [Chinese] warriors fight below camp headquarters at Liangshan (Ryozanpaku no fumoto ni ryoketsu yu o arasou), ca. 1895

Mizuno Toshikata

Two [Chinese] warriors fight below camp headquarters at Liangshan (Ryozanpaku no fumoto ni ryoketsu yu o arasou), ca. 1895

Mizuno Toshikata

Two [Chinese] warriors fight below camp headquarters at Liangshan (Ryozanpaku no fumoto ni ryoketsu yu o arasou), ca. 1895

More objects +

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Two Heroes Battle at the Foot of Liangshan (Ryōzanpaku no fūmoto ni ryōketsu yu o arasō) with the accession number of 85.197.22. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

Feedback

We view our online collection as a living documents, and our records are frequently revised and enhanced. If you have additional information or have spotted an error, please send feedback to curatorial@risd.edu.

RISD Museum

  •  Facebook
  •  Twitter
  •  Instagram
  •  Vimeo
  •  Pinterest
  •  SoundCloud

Footer Main

  • Become a Member
  • Give
  • Who We Are
  • Opportunities
  • Rent the Museum

Footer Secondary

  • Image Request
  • Press Office
  • Rent the Museum
  • Terms of Use