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The Indomitable Spirit of True Edoites (Kissui no Edokko makenu no kishô): Teranishi Kanshin, Leader of a Samurai Gang (Shiratsuka-gumi no tôryô) (R); Banzui Chôbei, an Otokodate of Hanakawado (C); and Kintoki Kaneemon, a Member of a Samurai Gang (Shiratsuka-gumi no hitori) (L)


「白柄組の頭梁 寺西閑心」  「花川戸の男達 幡隨長兵衛」  「水道(きつすい)の江戸ッ子まけぬ気性」 「白柄組の壱人 金時金左エ門」
Utagawa Kunimori II (Japanese, active about 1840–60)
Publisher: Echizenya Heizaburô
Japanese
Edo period
1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.7 x 78.6 cm (14 13/16 x 30 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36783a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda db 101-2489 (R), 101-2490 (C), 101-2491 (L)
Signed Ippôsai Kunimori ga
一宝斎国盛画
Marks Censor's seal: Watari
No blockcutter's mark
改印:渡
彫師:なし
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.