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Actors Ichikawa Kodanji IV as the Ghost of Shizuhata (R) and Ôtani Tomoemon IV as Akaboshi Daihachi (L)


「しづばたの亡霊」四代目市川小団次 「赤星大八」四代目大谷友右衛門
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Daikokuya Heikichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirō (Hori Take)
Japanese
Edo period
1854 (Kaei 7/Ansei 1), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 35.4 x 51.5 cm (13 15/16 x 20 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.22009-10
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionDiptych (two sheets of incomplete triptych): 11.22009 (left), 11.22010 (right)

Play: Azuma Kudari Gojûsan Tsugi
Theater: Kawarazaki
吾孺下五十三駅(あずまくだりごじゅうさんつぎ)
河原崎
1854、嘉永07、08・08
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Tiger 9
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印:改、寅九
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.