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「瀬川路考」（四代目） 「四季のしよ作事」
Actor Segawa Rokô IV (?) as a Courtesan in a Dance-play of the Four Seasons (Shiki no shosagoto)
「瀬川路考」（四代目） 「四季のしよ作事」
Katsukawa Shunkô (Japanese, active about 1789–1818)
Japanese
Edo period
1809 (Bunka 6), 4th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37 x 25 cm (14 9/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.15021
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Goodall, Living for the Moment (Bowman Coll. exh. cat., 2015), p. 59
DescriptionIn 1809 the role was played by Segawa Rokô IV (see 11.13654 for another print of the same scene), but in this print the actor's face suggests Segawa Rokô III, who was now using the name Segawa Senjo; the name change had occurred in 1807.11.
Play (second feature): Kantan Sono no Kikuchô
Play (main feature): Akiba Gongen Kaisen Banashi
Theater: Nakamura
邯鄲薗菊蝶（かんたんそののきくちょう）
秋葉権現廻船噺（あきはごんげんかいせんばなし）
中村
文化０６(1809)・ 04・17
Play (second feature): Kantan Sono no Kikuchô
Play (main feature): Akiba Gongen Kaisen Banashi
Theater: Nakamura
邯鄲薗菊蝶（かんたんそののきくちょう）
秋葉権現廻船噺（あきはごんげんかいせんばなし）
中村
文化０６(1809)・ 04・17
Signed
Shunkô ga
春好画
春好画
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.