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Actor Segawa Rokô IV as a Courtesan (Keisei), from the series Shiki oriori temuke no fûryû


「四季折々手向の風流 けいせい 瀬川路考」(四代目)
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Shimizu (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1809 (Bunka 6), 4th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38 x 26 cm (14 15/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13654
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ritsumeikan db arcUP1050
DescriptionPlay (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 Toyokuni ga
豊国画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
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.