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Actors Iwai Shijaku I as Yaegaki no Ohime (R), Ichikawa Ebizô V as Kamiya Iemon (C), and Onoe Kikugorô III as Yatô Yomoshichi (L)


「八重がきのおひめ 岩井紫若」(初代) 「神谷伊右衛門 市川海老蔵」(五代目) 「矢藤与茂七 尾上菊五郎」(三代目)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Kawaguchiya Chôzô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1836 (Tenpô 7), 7th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 37.4 x 75.8 cm (14 3/4 x 29 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43438a-c
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionPlay (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
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: 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.