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Kisegawa, between Mishima and Numazu: (Actor Segawa Kikunojô V as) the Courtesan (Keisei) Kisegawa, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi)


「東海道五十三次之内 三島 沼津 間 喜瀬川 傾城喜瀬川」 五代目瀬川菊之丞
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Izutsuya Shôkichi, Japanese
Blockcutter: Koizumi Minokichi (Hori Mino) (Japanese, 1833–1906)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 11th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.7 x 25.2 cm (14 7/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.43315
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks, Kunisada's Tôkaidô (2013), #T63-12C, p. 128
DescriptionStation no. 12-13.

MFA impressions: 11.43315, 59.1147.31
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censors' seals: Mera, Watanabe, Rat 11
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Mino
改印:米良、渡辺、子十一
彫師:彫巳の
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.