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「☆定院環誉光阿禅昇居士」 四代目瀬川路考の死絵
Memorial Portrait of Actor Segawa Rokô IV
「☆定院環誉光阿禅昇居士」 四代目瀬川路考の死絵
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 27 cm (15 9/16 x 10 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.21948
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Waseda db 402-0272
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.21948, *11.40053 (deaccessioned in 2012)
Signed
Toyokuni hitsu
豊国筆
豊国筆
Marks
Censor's seals: kiwame, Tsuruya Kinsuke
改印：極、鶴金
改印：極、鶴金
Inscriptions「瀬川路考帽子の紫を浄土の雲に染かえて歌舞の菩薩の数に入しをいたみはべる 山東京伝 寒菊の華の姿をゆひ綿の雪の仏にするそ悲しき」
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.