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Onoe Kikugorō descended [to Edo], as [Oiwa] the Lantern Ghost, Acclaimed in the Three Metropolises

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Title Onoe Kikugorō descended [to Edo], as [Oiwa] the Lantern Ghost, Acclaimed in the Three Metropolises Sanganotsu gohyōban no chōchin yūrei – kudari – Onoe Kikugorō 三ヶの津御評判のちやうちんのゆうれゐ　下り　尾上菊五郎
Artist Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) 歌川国貞 (三代目豊国) (1786–1865) 歌川国貞 (三代目豊国) (1786 - 1865)
Date 1831
Play Tōkaidō Yotsuya kaidan
Theatre Ichimura
Publisher Moritaya Hanzō 森田屋半蔵
City Edo
Signature Gototei Kunisada ga 五渡亭国貞画 (afgesneden)
Censorship seal(s) kiwame 極
Publisher’s seal(s) Tama 玉 (afgesneden)
Inscription

[in lantern]

当秋狂言大入叶 俗名お岩大評判

Tōshū kyōgen ōiri kanau zokumyō Oiwa daihyōban

A kyōgen (theatre play) that sold out this autumn: the sensation known as Oiwa
Technique & material Woodblock print; full colour print; pigment on paper
Format ōban diptych
Width 24.8 cm
Height 34.8 cm
Object number SH2018-DM-027
Credit Line Gift of Muck and Mieke Douma
Provenance Gifted to the Japan Museum SieboldHuis in April 2018 by Muck and Mieke Douma

Description

Left sheet of a diptych. The missing half depicts Seki Sanjūrō II as Kamiya Niemon.

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