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「民谷伊右衛門 一蝶改中山新九郎」（四代目）、「おいわ 尾上菊五郎」（三代目）
Actors Nakayama Shinkurô IV as Tamiya Iemon and Onoe Kikugorô III as Oiwa
「民谷伊右衛門 一蝶改中山新九郎」（四代目）、「おいわ 尾上菊五郎」（三代目）
Japanese
Edo period
1826 (Bunsei 9), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.7 x 25.5 cm (14 13/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36026
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 95; Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum, Zenki Kamigata-e (1995), #280; Keyes, PMA cat. (1973), #227 and pl. 33
DescriptionPlay: Irohagana Yotsuya Kaidan
Theater: Kado
いろは仮名四谷怪談（いろはがなよつやかいだん）
角
Theater: Kado
いろは仮名四谷怪談（いろはがなよつやかいだん）
角
Signed
Kunihiro ga
国広画
国広画
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 19, 2005)
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.