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Actors Ichikawa Kodanji IV as the Ghost of Oiwa (Oiwa no yûkon) and Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as Kamiya Niemon


「於岩のゆうこん」四代目市川小団次 、「神谷仁右衛門」 八代目市川団十郎
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Yamadaya Shôjirô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1848 (Kôka 5/Kaei 1), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36 x 24.6 cm (14 3/16 x 9 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38265
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Manete Mimasu Yotsuya no Kikigaki
Theater: Ichimura
当三升四谷聞書(まねてみますよつやのききがき)
市村、一番目
嘉永01 (1848)・09・28
Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censors' seals: Muramatsu, Yoshimura
No blockcutter's mark ("Hori Shô" is publisher)
改印:村松、吉村
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: 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.