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「朝倉当吾亡霊」 四代市川小団次
Actor Ichikawa Kodanji IV as the Ghost of Asakura Tôgo
「朝倉当吾亡霊」 四代市川小団次
Japanese
Edo period
1851 (Kaei 4), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.6 x 26 cm (14 13/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.30460
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Kuniyoshi & Kunisada (2016), #26; Ôta Mus., Edo yôkai dai zukan (2014), #119; Clark, Kuniyoshi from Miller Coll. (2009), #113; Dai yôkai ten (2000), #95; Schaap, Heroes and Ghosts (1998), #177; Suzuki 1992, #314; Robinson, Kuniyoshi (1961), pl. 76
DescriptionPair or diptych: 11.30460 (left), 11.38270 (right)
Play: Higashiyama Sakura Zôshi
Theater: Nakamura
東山桜荘子（ひがしやまさくらぞうし）
中村
Play: Higashiyama Sakura Zôshi
Theater: Nakamura
東山桜荘子（ひがしやまさくらぞうし）
中村
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censors' seals: Mera, Watanabe, shita-uri
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良、渡辺、シタ売
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：米良、渡辺、シタ売
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.