Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) | The Ghost of Asakura Togo | Edo period, 19th century
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Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861)
The Ghost of Asakura Togo
Edo period, 19th century
woodblock print, triptych, each sheet signed Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi ga, the centre sheet with artist’s paulownia seal, censor’s seals Mera (Mera Taichiro) and Watanabe (Watanabe Gentaro), published by Hayashiya Shogoro in 1851
Vertical oban triptych: each sheet 35 x 24.4 cm., 13¾ x 9⅝ in.
This work depicts the actor Ichikawa Kodanji IV (1812-1866) as the ghost of Asakura Togo, who appears on all three sheets, tormenting Orikoshi Dairyo Masatomo (played by the actor Bando Hikosaburo IV) in the centre.
For another example of the same print in the collection of The British Museum, museum number 2008,3037.19612, go to:
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_2008-3037-19612