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右 「本朝義盗競」「熊坂長範」「袴垂保輔」「石川五右衛門」「滝夜叉姫」「尾形児雷也」 中 「天竺徳兵衛」「大友若菜姫」「日本駄右衛門」「毛剃九右衛門」「鬼神於松」「神刀徳治」「大蛇丸」「尾形綱手」 左 「紫紐丹左衛門」「白井権八」「雲霧仁左衛門」「稲葉小僧」「蛸伊平」「壬生小猿」「火柱夜叉」「南郷力丸」
The Great Thieves of Japan Compared (Honchô gitô kurabe): Kumasaka Chôhan, Hakamadare Yasusuke, Ishikawa Goemon, Takiyasha-hime, Ogata Jiraiya (R); Tenjiku Tokubei, Ôtomo Wakana-hime, Nippondaemon, Kezori Kuemon, Kijin Omatsu, Shintô Tokuji, Orochimaru, Ogata Tsunade (C); Shibahimo Tanzaemon, Shirai Gonpachi, Kumokiri Nizaemon, Inaba Kozô, Tako no Ihei, Mibu no Kozaru, Hibashira Yasha, Nangô Rikimaru (L)
右 「本朝義盗競」「熊坂長範」「袴垂保輔」「石川五右衛門」「滝夜叉姫」「尾形児雷也」 中 「天竺徳兵衛」「大友若菜姫」「日本駄右衛門」「毛剃九右衛門」「鬼神於松」「神刀徳治」「大蛇丸」「尾形綱手」 左 「紫紐丹左衛門」「白井権八」「雲霧仁左衛門」「稲葉小僧」「蛸伊平」「壬生小猿」「火柱夜叉」「南郷力丸」
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Japanese, 1839–1892)
Publisher: Iseya Kisaburô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôta Komakichi (Hori Koma, Hori Tashichi) (Japanese)
Publisher: Iseya Kisaburô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôta Komakichi (Hori Koma, Hori Tashichi) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1865 (Genji 2/Keiô 1), 7th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 35.2 x 72.4 cm (13 7/8 x 28 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22597-9
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 201-0790 (R), 201-0791 (C), 201-0792 (L); Museum of Kyoto, Tsukioka Yoshitoshi ten (2001), #76
DescriptionTriptych: 11.22597 (left), 11.22598 (center), 11.22599 (right)
Signed
Ikkaisai Yoshitoshi ga (on each sheet)
一魁斎芳年画
一魁斎芳年画
Marks
Censor's seal: Ox 7 aratame (on left sheet)
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Ôta Tashichi (on center sheet)
改印：丑七改
彫師：彫工太田多七
Blockcutter's mark: Horikô Ôta Tashichi (on center sheet)
改印：丑七改
彫師：彫工太田多七
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 – d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
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.