Advanced Search 
「花競東京自慢（はなくらべとうけいじまん）」「尾上菊五郎」（五代目） 「沢村田之助」（三代目） 「河原崎三升」（初代河原崎権十郎）
Comparison of Flowers, the Pride of the Eastern Capital (Hana kurabe Tôkei jiman): Actors Onoe Kikugorô V (R), Sawamura Tanosuke III (C), and Kawarazaki Sanshô (Gonjûrô I) (L)
「花競東京自慢（はなくらべとうけいじまん）」「尾上菊五郎」（五代目） 「沢村田之助」（三代目） 「河原崎三升」（初代河原崎権十郎）
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Hiranoya Shinzô (Aikindô)
Blockcutter: Ôta Utakichi (Hori Uta) (Japanese)
Publisher: Hiranoya Shinzô (Aikindô)
Blockcutter: Ôta Utakichi (Hori Uta) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 11th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 35.5 × 72.8 cm (14 × 28 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.39406a-b, 11.41596
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Newland, Time Present and Time Past (1999), #38
DescriptionTriptych: 11.39406a-b (right and center), 11.41596 (left)
Signed
Kunichika hitsu (on left sheet only)
国周筆
国周筆
Marks
Censor's seal: Rat 11 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Uta (one of the signs toward bottom of left sheet)
改印：子十一改
彫師：彫卯多
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Uta (one of the signs toward bottom of left sheet)
改印：子十一改
彫師：彫卯多
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.