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「江戸の花役者ひいき 瀬川路考」 （四代目瀬川路考と遊女）
Actor Segawa Rokô IV and Courtesan, from the series Flowers of Edo and Fans of Actors (Edo no hana yakusha hiiki)
「江戸の花役者ひいき 瀬川路考」 （四代目瀬川路考と遊女）
Kikukawa Eizan (Japanese, 1787–1867)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1806–08 (Bunka 3–5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.4 x 25.3 cm (14 3/4 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25486
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Kondô, ed., Eizan (JUM exh. cat., 1996), list #11.4 (no photo); other prints in the series: cat. nos. 18-9, and color plates
Signed
Kikukawa Eizan hitsu
菊川英山筆
菊川英山筆
Marks
No censor's seal
No publisher's mark
改印：なし
版元：なし
No publisher's mark
改印：なし
版元：なし
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.