Actors in Yanagikaze Fukiya no Itosuji: Onoe Eizaburô 4.5 as the Ghost (Rei) of Okiku, Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Urashima, Bandô Mitsugorô VI as Oto-hime, Onoe Kikujirô II as an Old Woman (Rôba), Nakamura Fukusuke II as Sadakurô, and Onoe Eizaburô 4.5 as Kamegiku (R); Seki Sanjûrô III as Enma (the King of Hell), Ichikawa Yonejûrô II as Unjô, Nakamura Fukusuke II as Soga no Jûrô, Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Kudô, Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Daikoku, and Ichimura Uzaemon XIII (now Ichikura Kakitsu IV) as Soga no Gorô (C); Bandô Mitsugorô VI as Shôshô, Ichimura Uzaemon XIII as a Thunder God (Kaminari), Onoe Kikujirô II as Tamamo no Mae, Ichimura Uzaemon XIII as a Boatman (Sendô), Ichimura Takematsu III as a Monkey (Saru), and Seki Sanjûrô III as Priest Bunbuku (L)

Toyohara Kunichika (Japanese, 1835–1900)

Etsuka (Japanese)

Katada Chôjirô (Hori Chô) (Japanese)

1864 (Bunkyû 4/Genji 1), 2nd month

Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

DimensionsVertical ôban triptych; 35.5 × 73.6 cm (14 × 29 in.)

Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession number11.41760a-c

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ClassificationsPrints

Collections

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.