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「東都不二勇気相肌」 「熊坂おてふ 河原崎権十郎」（初代） 「きられおとみ 市村羽左衛門」（十三代目） 「焼がねお熊 中村芝翫」（四代目）
Actors Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I as Kumasaka Ochô (R), Ichimura Uzaemon XIII as Kirare Otomi (C), and Nakamura Shikan IV as Yakigane Okuma (L), from the pentaptych The Incomparable Snow-White Skin of the Valiant Women of Edo (Tôto Fuji yuki no hada-ai)
「東都不二勇気相肌」 「熊坂おてふ 河原崎権十郎」（初代） 「きられおとみ 市村羽左衛門」（十三代目） 「焼がねお熊 中村芝翫」（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
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 12th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36.6 × 74.2 cm (14 7/16 × 29 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41737a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Iwakiri et al., Edo no eiyû II (2010), #91 (complete pentaptych)
DescriptionThree sheets of incomplete pentaptych (right, center right, and center left).
MFA impressions: 11.41600 (one sheet, same as 11.41737c), 11.41737a-c (three sheets)
MFA impressions: 11.41600 (one sheet, same as 11.41737c), 11.41737a-c (three sheets)
Signed
Kunichika ga (on each sheet)
国周画
国周画
Marks
Censor's seal: Rat 12 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ei
改印：子十二改
彫師：彫栄
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ei
改印：子十二改
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.