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Actors Ichikawa Udanji I as the Ghost (Bôrei) of Oiwa (R) and Mimasu Daigorô V as Tamiya Iemon (L), in Tôkaidô Yotsuya Kaidan


「東海道四谷怪談」 「お岩亡霊 市川右団二」(初代)  「民谷伊左衛門 三枡大五郎」(五代目)
Gochôtei Sadahiro (Japanese, active about 1830–1850)
Japanese
Edo period
1870 (Meiji 3), 8th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban diptych; 24 x 35.6 cm (9 7/16 x 14 in.)
Credit Line Alfred Greenough Collection
Accession Number08.542.12a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Tôkaidô Yotsuya Kaidan
Theater: Kado
東海道四谷怪談(とうかいどうよつやかいだん)

Signed Sadahiro (on each sheet)
貞広
Marks Unidentified seal or publisher's mark
ProvenanceBy date unknown, Alfred Greenough Collection, Boston, MA; 1884, by inheritance to his uncle, Charles H. Parker, Milton, MA; 1908, bequest of Charles H. Parker to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 17, 2007)