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「新介 市川子之助」（二代目）、「民谷伊右衛門 一蝶改中山新九郎」（四代目） 「おいわ怨霊 尾上菊五郎」（三代目）
Actors Ichikawa Nenosuke II as Shinsuke (inset), Nakayama Shinkurô IV as Tamiya Iemon (R), and Onoe Kikugorô III as the Ghost (Onryô) of Oiwa (L)
「新介 市川子之助」（二代目）、「民谷伊右衛門 一蝶改中山新九郎」（四代目） 「おいわ怨霊 尾上菊五郎」（三代目）
Shunshosai Hokuchô (Japanese, active 1822–1830)
Publisher: Wataya Kihei (Wataki) (Japanese)
Publisher: Tenmaya Kihei (Tenki) (Japanese)
Publisher: Wataya Kihei (Wataki) (Japanese)
Publisher: Tenmaya Kihei (Tenki) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1826 (Bunsei 9), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 37.5 x 50.4 cm (14 3/4 x 19 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35322-3
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan shozô Kamigata-e mokuroku" (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 95; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 2 (1998), #187
DescriptionDiptych: 11.35322 (right), 11.35323 (left)
Play: Irohagana Yotsuya Kaidan
Theater: Kado
いろは仮名四谷怪談
角
Play: Irohagana Yotsuya Kaidan
Theater: Kado
いろは仮名四谷怪談
角
Signed
Shunkôsai monjin Shunshosai Hokuchô ga (on each sheet)
春好斎門人春曙斎北頂画
春好斎門人春曙斎北頂画
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 – d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
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.