Arai, from the series Scenes of Famous Places along the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô meisho fûkei), also known as the Processional Tôkaidô (Gyôretsu Tôkaidô), here called Tôkaidô

「東海道　荒井」

Japanese

Edo period

1863 (Bunkyû 3), 4th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.7 × 23.2 cm (14 1/16 × 9 1/8 in.)

Credit Line Source unidentified

Accession Number2009.5009.81

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks, "When the Shogun...," Andon 81 (2007), #32 (80); Kubo Tsunehiko and Sons Collection Ukiyo-e Hanga (2004), #18-80

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.15373, 11.15374, 11.44754, 11.44871, 11.45029, 2009.5009.81

Signed Ôju Nanajûhassai Toyokuni hitsu, in toshidama cartouche
応需七十八歳豊国筆(年玉枠)

Marks Censor's seal: Boar 4 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：亥四改
彫師：なし