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Actors Seki Sanjûrô II as Kamiya Niemon (R) and Onoe Kikugorô III from Kamigata (Kudari) as the Lantern Ghost, Applauded throughout the Three Cities (Sanganotsu gohyôban no chôchin no yûrei) (L)


「神谷仁右衛門 関三十郎」(二代目) 「三ヶの津御評判のちやうちんのゆうれゐ 下り尾上菊五郎」(三代目) 「当秋狂言大入叶 俗名お岩大評判」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Moritaya Hanzô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1831 (Tenpô 2), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 35.8 x 48.8 cm (14 1/8 x 19 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40700a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Shimazaki, "Ghost of Oiwa," Impressions 29 (2007-8), fig. 9
DescriptionPlay: Tôkaidô Yotsuya Kaidan
Theater: Ichimura
東海道四谷怪談(とうかいどうよつやかいだん)
市村
Signed Gototei Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
五渡亭国貞画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
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.