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Actors Ichikawa Udanji I as the Ghost (Bôrei) of Oiwa (R) and Mimasu Daigorô V as Tamiya Iemon (L), in Tôkaidô Yotsuya Kaidan

(Japanese, active about 1830–1850)
1870 (Meiji 3), 8th month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical chûban diptych; 24 x 35.6 cm (9 7/16 x 14 in.)
Credit LineAlfred Greenough Collection
Accession number08.542.12a-b
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
ProvenanceBy date unknown, Alfred Greenough Collection, Boston, MA; 1884, by inheritance to his uncle, Charles H. Parker, Milton, MA; 1908, bequest of Charles H. Parker to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 17, 2007)
Actor Mimasu Gennosuke I as Hashitomi Ryôsuke
Gochôtei Sadahiro
1838 (Tenpô 9), 1st month
Actor Jitsukawa Enzaburô I
Gochôtei Sadahiro
about 1838 (Tenpô 9)