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「浅倉当吾の霊」四代目市川小団次、「茶道印馬実ハ当吾霊」四代目市川小団次 「織越大領」四代目坂東彦三郎、「妙桂木」三代目岩井粂三郎、「こし元桜木実当吾の霊」四代目市川小団次
Actors Ichikawa Kodanji IV as the Ghost (Rei) of Kozakura Tôgô and as the Tea Server (Chadô) Inba, Actually (Jitsu wa) the Ghost of Tôgô (R), Bandô Hikosaburô IV as Orikoshi Tairyô, Iwai Kumesaburô III as the Secret Mistress (Myô) Katsuragi, and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Koshimoto Sakuragi, Actually the Ghost of Tôgô (L)
「浅倉当吾の霊」四代目市川小団次、「茶道印馬実ハ当吾霊」四代目市川小団次 「織越大領」四代目坂東彦三郎、「妙桂木」三代目岩井粂三郎、「こし元桜木実当吾の霊」四代目市川小団次
Japanese
Edo period
1851 (Kaei 4), 8th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 36.2 x 51 cm (14 1/4 x 20 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.28691-2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionDiptych: 11.28691 (left), 11.28692 (right)
Play: Higashiyama Sakura Zôshi
Theater: Nakamura
東山桜荘子（ひがしやまさくらぞうし）
中村
Play: Higashiyama Sakura Zôshi
Theater: Nakamura
東山桜荘子（ひがしやまさくらぞうし）
中村
Signed
Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga (on each sheet)
一勇斎国芳画
一勇斎国芳画
Marks
Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松
彫師：なし
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松
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: 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.