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「盗賊西国太郎 河原崎権十郎」 （初代） 「飛脚音平 坂東彦三郎」（五代目） 「盗賊東国太郎 市村家橘」（四代目）
Actors Kawarazaki Gonjurô I as the Bandit (Tôzoku) Saikoku Tarô (R), Bandô Hikosaburô V as the Courier (Hikyaku) Otohei (C), and Ichimura Kakitsu IV as the Bandit (Tôzoku) Tôgoku Tarô (L)
「盗賊西国太郎 河原崎権十郎」 （初代） 「飛脚音平 坂東彦三郎」（五代目） 「盗賊東国太郎 市村家橘」（四代目）
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Izutsuya Shôkichi, Japanese
Blockcutter: Watanabe Eizô (Hori Ei) (Japanese, 1833–1901)
Publisher: Izutsuya Shôkichi, Japanese
Blockcutter: Watanabe Eizô (Hori Ei) (Japanese, 1833–1901)
Japanese
Edo period
1866 (Keiô 2), 2nd month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36 × 71.9 cm (14 3/16 × 28 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41780a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 101-5696 (R), 101-5697 (C), 101-5698 (L)
DescriptionMFA impressions: *11.41575a-b (two right sheets only; deaccessioned in 2019), 11.41780a-c (complete triptych)
Play: Yagura Daiko Oto mo Yoshiwara
Theater: Ichimura
櫓太鼓鳴音吉原（やぐらだいこおともよしわら）
市村
Play: Yagura Daiko Oto mo Yoshiwara
Theater: Ichimura
櫓太鼓鳴音吉原（やぐらだいこおともよしわら）
市村
Signed
Kunichika hitsu (on right and center sheets)
国周筆
国周筆
Marks
Censor's seal: Tiger 2 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ei
改印：寅二改
彫師：彫栄
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ei
改印：寅二改
彫師：彫栄
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 19, 2005)
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.