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「民谷伊右衛門 市川海老蔵」（五代目） 「お岩ゆう霊 尾上菊五郎」（三代目）
Actors Ichikawa Ebizô V as Tamiya Iemon (R) and Onoe Kikugorô III as the Ghost of Oiwa (Oiwa yûrei) (L)
「民谷伊右衛門 市川海老蔵」（五代目） 「お岩ゆう霊 尾上菊五郎」（三代目）
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1836 (Tenpô 7), 7th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 37.4 x 50.6 cm (14 3/4 x 19 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40678a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Shimazaki, Edo Kabuki in Transition (2016), fig. 5.4 (complete triptych); Waseda db 402-0214 (L, not in MFA), 402-0215 (C), 402-0216 (R)
DescriptionRight and center sheets of incomplete triptych.
Play (second feature): Tôkaidô Yotsuya Kaidan
Play (main feature): Honchô Nijûshi Kô
Theater: Morita
東海道四谷怪談（とうかいどうよつやかいだん）
本朝廿四孝（ほんちょうにじゅうしこう）
森田、二番目
1836、天保０７、07・21
Play (second feature): Tôkaidô Yotsuya Kaidan
Play (main feature): Honchô Nijûshi Kô
Theater: Morita
東海道四谷怪談（とうかいどうよつやかいだん）
本朝廿四孝（ほんちょうにじゅうしこう）
森田、二番目
1836、天保０７、07・21
Signed
Gototei Kunisada ga (on each sheet)
五渡亭国貞画
五渡亭国貞画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
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: January 19, 2005)
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.