Okazaki, 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　岡崎」

Kawanabe Kyôsai (Japanese, 1831–1889)
Publisher: Fukuchû (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Sugawa Sennosuke (Hori Sennosuke) (Japanese)

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 Number2009.5009.91

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kaikan sanjû shûnen kinen Kawanabe Kyôsai kinen bijutsukan cat. (2008), p. 99, #0737; Marks, "When the Shogun...," Andon 81 (2007), #39 (90); Kubo Tsunehiko and Sons Collection Ukiyo-e Hanga (2004), #18-90

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.18124, *11.18125 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.44748, 11.44991, 11.45074, 2009.5009.91

Signed Ôju Seisei Kyôsai
応需惺々狂斎

Marks Censor's seal: Boar 4 aratame
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Sennosuke
改印：亥四改
彫師：彫千之助