No. 4: Hara, Yoshiwara, Kanbara, Yui, Okitsu, from the series Cutout Pictures of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô harimaze zue)

東海道張交図絵　「東海四　原　吉原　蒲原　由井　興津」

Japanese

Edo period

about 1848–49 (Kaei 1–2)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban (harimaze); 37.2 × 25.4 cm (14 5/8 × 10 in.)

Credit Line Anonymous gift

Accession NumberRES.49.10

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 251, ôban #46.04

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.17207 (uncut sheet, Ibaya ed.), 21.8733 (Okitsu), RES.49.10 (uncut sheet, Maruya ed.)

Signed Hiroshige hitsu (on Hara picture)
廣重筆

Marks Censors' seals: Hama, Magome
No blockcutter's mark
Artist's seal: nine petals

Provenance1949, anonymous gift to the MFA. (Accession date: February 10, 1949)