Uji, 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 meisho no uchi

「東海道名所之内　宇治」

Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Kagiya Shôbei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôta Komakichi (Hori Koma, Hori Tashichi) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1863 (Bunkyû 3), 8th 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 Number2009.5009.147

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks, "When the Shogun...," Andon 81 (2007), #66 (148); Kubo Tsunehiko and Sons Collection Ukiyo-e Hanga (2004), #18-142; Utagawa ha (Kobijutsu special issue 7, 1986), #278

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.15371, 11.15372, 11.44713, 11.44729, 2009.5009.147

Signed Kunisada ga, in toshidama cartouche
国貞画(年玉枠)

Marks Censor's seal: Boar 8 aratame (?)
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ôta Tashichi
改印：亥八改ヵ
彫師：彫太田多七