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「茶道印馬実は当吾ノ霊 」四代目市川小団次、「浅倉当吾の霊」四代目市川小団次 「織越大領」四代目坂東彦三郎
Actors Ichikawa Kodanji IV as the Tea Server (Chadō) Inma, actually the Ghost (Rei) of Tōgo, Iwai Kumesaburō III as the Shirabyōshi Dancer Katsuragi, Ichikawa Kodanji IV as the Ghost of Asakura Tōgo (R), Bandō Hikosaburō IV as Orikoshi Tairyō, and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Koshimoto Kozakura, actually the Ghost of Tōgo (R)
「茶道印馬実は当吾ノ霊 」四代目市川小団次、「浅倉当吾の霊」四代目市川小団次 「織越大領」四代目坂東彦三郎
Japanese
Edo period
1851 (Kaei 4), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ōban diptych; 35.3 x 49.8 cm (13 7/8 x 19 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.38353a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Ōta Mem. Mus., Edo yōkai dai zukan (2014), #121
DescriptionPlay: Higashiyama Sakura Zōshi
Theater: Nakamura
東山桜荘子（ひがしやまさくらぞうし）
中村
Theater: Nakamura
東山桜荘子（ひがしやまさくらぞうし）
中村
Signed
Ichiyūsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
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: 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.