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三代目尾上菊五郎のおいわ
Actor Onoe Kikugorô III as the Ghost of Oiwa (second state)
三代目尾上菊五郎のおいわ
Shunkôsai Hokushû (Japanese, active 1810–1832)
Japanese
Edo period
1826 (Bunsei 9), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.4 x 25.5 cm (14 3/4 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.35347
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kitagawa, "Bosuton bijutsukan..." (Kansai daigaku, 2007), p. 95; Ikeda bunko, Kamigata yakusha-e shûsei, vol. 1 (1997), #165 (second state); Keyes 1973, #216 and pl. 34 (first state); Addiss, Japanese Ghosts and Demons (1985, 2005), p. 30
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.35347 (second state), 21.5393 (third state)
Play: Irohagana Yotsuya Kaidan
Theater: Kado
いろは仮名四谷怪談（いろはがなよつやかいだん）
角
According to Keyes, the print is known in at least three states. In the first and second states, the inscription is printed in silver; in the third state, it is black. The first state has a black background.
Play: Irohagana Yotsuya Kaidan
Theater: Kado
いろは仮名四谷怪談（いろはがなよつやかいだん）
角
According to Keyes, the print is known in at least three states. In the first and second states, the inscription is printed in silver; in the third state, it is black. The first state has a black background.
Signed
Shunkôsai Hokushû ga
春好斎北洲画
春好斎北洲画
InscriptionsPoem
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 29, 2004)
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.