Kanagawa Station (Kanagawa eki): (Actor Ichikawa Ebizô V as) Ferryman (Watashimori) Tonbei, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi)

「東海道五十三次の内　神奈川駅　渡守頓兵衛」　五代目市川海老蔵

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshōdō) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)

Japanese

Edo period

1852 (Kaei 5), 3rd month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37 x 25.5 cm (14 9/16 x 10 1/16 in.)

Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection

Accession Number11.43304

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Peternolli & Guidi, Kunisada (Bologna, 2017), #51; Marks, Kunisada's Tôkaidô (2013), #T63-04, pp. 117, 119; Kokubungaku kenkyû shiryôkan, ed., Zusetsu mitate to yatsushi (2008), p. 97, cat. no. 88; Herwig, Heroes of the Kabuki Stage (2004), #66

DescriptionStation no. 04.

MFA impressions: 11.29407, 11.29430, 11.29442, 11.29525.33, 11.43304, 59.1147.7

Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)

Marks Censors' seals: Mera, Watanabe, Rat 3
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
Printer's mark: Suri Ôkyû
改印：米良、渡辺、子三
彫師：彫竹

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.