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）)
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）)

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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）),

1812 [Bunka 9], 11th month

Utagawa Toyokuni I 初代歌川豊国, 1769–1825; born and died Tokyo, Japan
Published by Yamatoya Jūbei 大和屋重兵衛
Japanese
Edo period, 1603–1868
2011-58

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Title
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）)
Dates

1812 [Bunka 9], 11th month

Maker
Utagawa Toyokuni I 初代歌川豊国
Published by Yamatoya Jūbei 大和屋重兵衛
Medium
Woodblock print (ōban tate-e format); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
sheet trimmed to block: 38.1 x 26 cm. (15 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Laura P. Hall Memorial Fund
Object Number
2011-58
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Signatures
Toyokuni ga 豊国画 (on image) Ichiyōsai hitsu 一陽斎筆 (on hanging scroll)
Inscription
「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」 [source: https://www.mfa.org/collections/object/memorial-portraits-of-actor-segawa-rokô-iv-and-the-late-segawa-senjo-213434 ]
Marks/Labels/Seals
Censor's seal: kiwame 極
Culture
Japanese
Period
Edo (Japanese period)
Type
japanese printmaking styles, oban, woodblock prints, prints
Materials
oban, color, paper, ink
Techniques
woodcut (process)
Subject
figures (representations), actors, performances, deaths, portraits, hanging scrolls, memorials, theaters

–2011 Sebastian Izzard LLC Asian Art (New York, NY), sold to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2011.

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