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Woman Lighting the Shop Sign of Publisher Maruya Seijirô, from the series Shadow Pictures of a Benevolent Reign (Arigataki miyo no kage-e)


「難有御代ノ賀界絵」 「板元 丸せい」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Maruya Seijirô (Marusei, Jukakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.5 x 24.5 cm (14 3/8 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Porter Sargent
Accession Number49.1289
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hiraki Ukiyo-e Foundation, Nyan to mo neko darake/ Cats of Many Varieties (2012), #96
Signed Ichiyôsai Toyokuni ga
一陽斎豊国画
Marks Censor's seal: Mera
No blockcutter's mark
改印:米良
彫師:なし
Provenance1949, gift of Porter Sargent to the MFA.