Morning of a Nō Performance (Onō haiken asaban), 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　御能拝見朝番」

Kawanabe Kyōsai (Japanese, 1831–1889)
Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active about 1836–1887)
Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) (Japanese, 1826–1869)
Publisher: Daikokuya Kinnosuke (Kinjirō) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1863 (Bunkyū 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 Number2009.5009.157

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kawanabe Kyōsai no nō, kyōgen ga (2013), #71; Kaikan sanjū shūnen kinen Kawanabe Kyōsai kinen bijutsukan cat. (2008), p. 100, #0748; Marks, "When the Shogun...," Andon 81 (2007), #72A (161); Kubo Tsunehiko and Sons Collection Ukiyo-e Hanga (2004), #18-150

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.16626, 11.44720, 11.44933, 2009.5009.157

Signed Yoshitora ga (right foreground); Ōju Kyōsai (left foreground); artist's seal Hiroshige (background)
芳虎画、応需狂斎、（広重印）

Marks Censor's seal: Boar 4 aratame
No blockcutter's mark
改印：亥五改
彫師：なし