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Memorial Portrait of Actor Segawa Rokô IV

(Japanese, 1769–1825)
1812 (Bunka 9), 11th month
Medium/TechniqueWoodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
DimensionsVertical ôban; 39.5 x 27 cm (15 9/16 x 10 5/8 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.21948
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
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.
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Actor Onoe Kikugorô IV as Yasaku's Wife (Nyôbô) Okayo
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