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「瀬川路考をいたみて 式亭三馬題 」 四代目瀬川路考（＝四代目瀬川菊之丞）、瀬川仙女 （死絵）
Memorial Portraits of Actor Segawa Rokô IV and the Late Segawa Senjo
「瀬川路考をいたみて 式亭三馬題 」 四代目瀬川路考（＝四代目瀬川菊之丞）、瀬川仙女 （死絵）
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Japanese
Edo period
1812 (Bunka 9), 11th month
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 39.5 x 26.8 cm (15 9/16 x 10 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21945
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 114-0032 and 114-0033
DescriptionUnidentified publisher's mark.
Signed
Toyokuni ga (on main image), Ichiyôsai hitsu (on hanging scroll)
豊国画 一陽斎筆
豊国画 一陽斎筆
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
Inscriptions「瀬川路考をいたみて 式亭三馬題 ．長生<ちょうせい>の．亀三郎<かめさぶろう>は。．深<ふか>く．泥中<でいちう>に．入<いり>て。．跡<あと>を．匿<かく>す。．不老<ふらう>の．仙女<せんぢよ>は。．遠<とほ>く．雲外<うんぐわい>に．去<さり>て．影<かげ>を．失<うしな>ふ。．紋<もん>の．結<ゆひ>わた．連綿<れんめん>として。．瀬川帽子<せがわぼうし>の．色<いろ>も．香<か>も。．江戸紫<えどむらさき>のひともと．菊<きく>。．千<ち>とせの．秋<あき>を．契<ちき>りたりしも。．此顔<このかほ>みせの．霜<しも>にうつろふ。．路考<ろかう>が．幸<さち>なきをいかにせん。さく．花<はな>のをととしより。．打<うち>つゞく．親<おや>と．子<こ>を。．合<あは>せて．三<み>ツ．瀬川<せがわ>の．浪<なみ>をたつる．常<つね>なき．風<かぜ>のすさめるこそ。うたてかりけれ。ありし世のわざをぎを思ひ出てよめる例のつたなき歌 ．愁<うれ>ひ事ハ上手としれどおもひきや身まかりて又なか(左に「泣」)すべしとは。 仙女の句を飜して ながらへて此大江戸のありかたや みくにの春にあはぬほいなさ」（掛軸）「一陽斎筆 寒けれとも梅もあり 雪をふみ分ておかねハならぬありかたき みくにの春にあわんとて右絶筆之吟 仙女」
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.