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The Ghost (Rei) of Akugenda Yoshihira


「悪源太義平霊」
Teisai Hokuba (Japanese, 1771–1844)
Publisher: Daikokuya (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1830s

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban, upright diptych; 77.4 × 26.4 cm (30 1/2 × 10 3/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18159-60
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionUpright diptych: 11.18159 (top half), 11.18160 (bottom half).
Signed Teisai ga
蹄斎画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
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.