Miyamoto Musashi Shirakura ka dokushu no… 宮本無三四白倉毒手…, Utagawa Kuniyoshi

Woodblock triptych print, oban tate-e. Miyamoto musashi (centre), surrounded by smoke, bursting out of the bath-house, to the consternation of shirakura gengoemon (left), his wife, and his followers, who had intended to boil him alive there. Date: 19thC(mid). Dimensions: Height: 36.90 centimetres (c); ; Height: 36.90 centimetres (l); Height: 36.90 centimetres (r); Width: 25.50 centimetres (c); Width: 25.40 centimetres (l); Width: 25.60 centimetres (r). Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Miyamoto Musashi Shirakura ka dokushu no… 宮本無三四白倉毒手… (BM 2008,3037.19306 1)