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Toriigawa, between Kusatsu and Ôtsu: (Actor Nakayama Bungorô II as) Kanabôhiki, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi)


「東海道五十三次之内 草津大津間 鳥井川 金棒引」 二代目中山文五郎
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38 x 24.5 cm (14 15/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43233
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks, Kunisada's Tôkaidô (2013), #T63-53C, p. 157
DescriptionStation no. 53-54.

MFA impressions: 11.29466, 11.43233, 59.1147.138
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censors' seals: Hama, Magome, Rat 9
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Sennosuke
改印:浜、馬込、子九
彫師:彫千之助
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 19, 2005)

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.