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Actors Ôtani Shidô (Ôtani Tomoemon V) as the Ghost (Rei) of Nowaki-hime and Kawarazaki Sanshô (Kawarazaki Gonjûrô I) as Kongô Gorô


「野分姫ノ霊 大谷紫道」(五代目大谷友右衛門) 、「金剛五郎 河原崎三升」(初代河原崎権十郎)
Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)
Publisher: Tsunoi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Katada Chôjirô (Hori Chô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Meiji era
1869 (Meiji 2), 1st month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.9 × 24.1 cm (14 1/8 × 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.41683
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Kunichika hitsu
国周筆
Marks Censor's seal: Snake 1 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Chô
改印:巳正改
彫師:彫長
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.