Onoe Kikugorō III as the ghost of Usugumo
Object Details
- Label
- In Edo period theater, stage tricks were sometimes used for ghosts, such as a device made of cotton strips soaked in grain alcohol that formed a spirit flame, or shōchūbi. The use of a spirit flame prop can be seen in this print, where a stagehand dressed in black holds it beside an actor in the role of Usugumo’s ghost.
- 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)
- Credit Line
- The Pearl and Seymour Moskowitz Collection
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Date
- 1835
- Period
- Edo period
- Accession Number
- S2021.5.603
- Artist
- Utagawa Sadahiro 歌川貞広 (active 1825-1875)
- Publisher
- Shohonya Seishichi (Honsei) 正本屋清七 (active ca. 1803-1893)
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Medium
- Ink and color on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 36.2 × 25.6 cm (14 1/4 × 10 1/16 in)
- Origin
- Japan
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Topic
- Edo period (1615 - 1868)
- theater
- kabuki
- ghost
- Japan
- actor
- Japanese Art
- The Pearl and Seymour Moskowitz Collection
- Record ID
- fsg_S2021.5.603
