Advanced Search 
お染 「瀬川菊之丞 路考」（二代目瀬川菊之丞）
Actor Segawa Kikunojô II, aka Rokô, as Osome
お染 「瀬川菊之丞 路考」（二代目瀬川菊之丞）
Japanese
Edo period
1758 (Hôreki 8), 1st month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (benizuri-e); ink and limited color on paper
Dimensions
Hosoban; 31.5 x 14.2 cm (12 3/8 x 5 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.18987
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Suzuki Harunobu (exh. cat., 2017), #10; Art Shop Ezoshi (Kyoto), cat. no. 47 (2012.9), item 8; Mutô, Shoki Ukiyo-e to Kabuki (2005), no. 0797
DescriptionAccording to Art Shop Ezoshi catalogue 47 (2012), Kikunojô II is playing the role of Osome in 1758 (Hôreki 8), 1st month:
Play (second feature) Osome Hisamatsu
Play (main feature): Tokitsu Kaze Irifune Soga
Theater: Nakamura
お染久松
時津風入船曽我（ときつかぜいりふねそが）
中村
宝暦08 · 01・02
Play (second feature) Osome Hisamatsu
Play (main feature): Tokitsu Kaze Irifune Soga
Theater: Nakamura
お染久松
時津風入船曽我（ときつかぜいりふねそが）
中村
宝暦08 · 01・02
Signed
Torii Kiyomitsu hitsu
鳥居清満筆
鳥居清満筆
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.