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Mirage at Kuwana (Kuwana shinkirō), from the series Scenes of Famous Places along the Tōkaidō Road (Tōkaidō meisho fūkei), also known as the Processional Tōkaidō (Gyōretsu Tōkaidō), here called Tōkaidō meisho no uchi


「東海道名所之内 桑名 蜃気楼」
Kawanabe Kyōsai (Japanese, 1831–1889)
Publisher: Kobayashi Tetsujirō (Maruya Tetsujirō) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyū 3), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ōban; 35.7 × 23.2 cm (14 1/16 × 9 1/8 in.)
Credit Line Source unidentified
Accession Number2009.5009.104
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks, "When the Shogun...," Andon 81 (2007), #43A (103); Kubo Tsunehiko and Sons Collection Ukiyo-e Hanga (2004), #18-103; Oikawa, Clark & Forrer, Comic Genius: Kawanabe Kyōsai/Kyōsai giga kyōga ten (1996), #165
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.16234, 11.44739, 11.44785, 2009.5009.104
Signed Ōju Chikamaro
応需周麿
Marks Censor's seal: Boar 5 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印:亥五改
彫師:なし