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Actors Ichikawa Kodanji IV as the Ghost of Iwafuji (Iwafuji no bôrei) (R) and Iwai Kumesaburô III as the Second Onoe (Nidai no Onoe) (L)


「岩藤の亡霊」四代目市川小団次 「二代の尾上」三代目岩井粂三郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1860 (Ansei 7/Man'en 1), 3rd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 36.3 x 50 cm (14 5/16 x 19 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.40911a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay: Kagamiyama Gonichi no Iwafuji
Theater: Ichimura
加賀見山再岩藤(かがみやまごにちのいわふじ)
市村
1860、安政07
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (on each sheet)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seal: Monkey 3 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:申三改
彫師:なし
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.