/internal/media/dispatcher/932857/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailEight Brides for an Only Son (Hitori musuko ni yome hachinin): Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII and His Fansabout 1849 (Kaei 2)Utagawa KuniyoshiEnshūya HikobeiVertical ôban; 37.6 x 25.5 cm (14 13/16 x 10 1/16 in.)Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paperWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection11.221310Left half of incomplete diptych.
MFA impressions: 11.21611-2 (complete diptych), 11.22131 (left sheet only)
The paintings in the background show two deities popular in around 1849: the rice god Inari as an old man, worshipped at Nihonbashi, and the Hag of Hell (Datsueba), worshipped at ShInjuku.Prints37.600000000021463001