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右 「英名取手五人のつわもの」 五代目坂東彦三郎、四代目市村家橘、三代目沢村田之助、二代目中村福助、二代目沢村訥升 中 「見立 華櫓黄金男競（はなやぐらこがねのおとこくらべ）」 左 「白柄組五人のわざもの」 四代目中村芝翫、初代河原崎権十郎、二代目岩井紫若、六代目市川団蔵、六代目坂東三津五郎
Comparisons of Men of Gold in a Castle of Flowers (Mitate hana yagura kogane no otoko kurabe): Actors Bandô Hikosaburô V, Ichimura Kakitsu IV, Sawamura Tanosuke III, Nakamura Fukusuke II, and Sawamura Tosshô II (right side) as Five Valiant Police Officiers (Eimei torite gonin no tsuwamono) and Nakamura Shikan IV, Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I, Iwai Shijaku II, Ichikawa Danzô VI, and Bandô Mitsugorô VI (left side) as Five Sharp Blades of the Shiratsuka Gang (Shiratsuka gumi gonin no wazamono)
右 「英名取手五人のつわもの」 五代目坂東彦三郎、四代目市村家橘、三代目沢村田之助、二代目中村福助、二代目沢村訥升 中 「見立 華櫓黄金男競（はなやぐらこがねのおとこくらべ）」 左 「白柄組五人のわざもの」 四代目中村芝翫、初代河原崎権十郎、二代目岩井紫若、六代目市川団蔵、六代目坂東三津五郎
Japanese
Edo period
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 9th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 36.6 × 75.9 cm (14 7/16 × 29 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21533-5
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionTriptych: 11.21533 (left), 11.21534 (center), 11.21535 (right)
Signed
Yoshiiku ga (on right and left sheets)
芳幾画
芳幾画
Marks
Censor's seal: Rat 9 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：子九改
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：子九改
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: 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.