Poem by Fujiwara no Toshiyuki Ason: Ichikawa Kodanji as the Ghost of Kasane (Kasane no bōkon), from the series Comparisons for Thirty-six Selected Poems (Mitate sanjūrokkasen no uchi) 「累の亡魂」 『見立三十六歌撰之内』

Object Details

• Artist

  Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (1786-1865)

• Publisher

  Iseya Kanekichi 伊勢屋兼吉 (ca. 1837 – 1875)

• Block carver

  Yokogawa Takejiro 横川竹二郎 (active 19th century)

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Staging the Supernatural: Ghosts and the Theater in Japanese Prints (March 23 to October 6, 2024)

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  The Pearl and Seymour Moskowitz Collection

• Type

  Print

• On View

  Sackler Gallery 25: Staging the Supernatural: Ghosts and the Theater in Japanese Prints

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• Name

  Utagawa, Kunisada, Iseya, Kanekichi, Yokogawa, Takejiro

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Theater, Art, Ghost, Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868), Japanese Art, The Pearl and Seymour Moskowitz Collection

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Prints

• On View

  Yes