Sakanoshita, 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　坂ノ下」

Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active about 1836–1887)
Publisher: Sanoya Tomigorô (Kinseidô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1863 (Bunkyû 3), 5th 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 Number2009.5009.112

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks, "When the Shogun...," Andon 81 (2007), #49 (112); Kubo Tsunehiko and Sons Collection Ukiyo-e Hanga (2004), #18-110

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.16623, 11.16631, 11.44788, 11.44856, 11.45062, 2009.5009.112

Signed Yoshitora ga
芳虎画

Marks Censor's seal: Boar 5 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：亥五改
彫師：なし