Actors Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Marino Kanemitsu (R), Ichikawa Kodanji IV as both Ghost of Kamada Matahachi (Kamada Matahachi bôrei) and Ghost of Kikuno (Kikuno ga bôrei) (C), and Iwai Kumesaburô III as the Nun Kyôdai (Kyôdai-ni) (L)

「毬埜兼満」四代目市川小団次　「鎌田又八亡霊・菊野が亡霊」四代目市川小団次　「経題尼」三代目岩井粂三郎

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Hayashiya Shôgorô (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)

Japanese

Edo period

1855 (Ansei 2), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 35.6 x 75.6 cm (14 x 29 3/4 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number11.29554-6

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ôta Mem. Mus., Edo yôkai dai zukan (2014), #154

DescriptionTriptych: 11.29554 (left), 11.29555 (center), 11.29556 (right)

MFA impressions: 11.29554-6, 11.44177a-c

Play: Na ni Takashi Mariuta Jitsuroku
Theater: Nakamura
名高手毬諷実録（なにたかしまりうたじつろく）
中村
1855、安政０２、07・10

Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)

Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Hare 7
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印：改、卯七
彫師：彫竹

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.