Kakegawa Station (Kakegawa shuku), No. 27 from an untitled series of the Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road

東海道五十三次　「掛川宿　廿七」

Keisai Eisen (Japanese, 1790–1848)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1847–52 (Kôka 4–Kaei 5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.6 x 25.4 cm (14 13/16 x 10 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Dr. G. S. Amsden

Accession NumberRES.52.78

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba City Museum of Art, Keisai Eisen (2012), #333; Chiba Museum, Hakkenden no sekai (2008), #26 (first edition)

DescriptionPerhaps a reprint of the original edition of the 1830s, with double censors' seals added to the original kiwame seal.

Signed Keisai Eisen ga
渓斎英泉画

Marks Censor's seals: kiwame, Fuku, Muramatsu
改印：極、福、村松

Provenance1952, gift of Dr. George S. Amsden (b. 1870 - d. 1966), Acworth, NH, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 9, 1952)