Morning of a Nô Performance (Onô haiken asaban), 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　御能拝見朝番」

Kawanabe Kyôsai (Japanese, 1831–1889)
Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active about 1836–1887)
Utagawa Hiroshige II (Shigenobu) (Japanese, 1826–1869)
Publisher: Daikokuya Kinnosuke (Kinjirô) (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 Number2009.5009.157

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Kawanabe Kyôsai no nô, kyôgen ga (2013), #71; Kaikan sanjû shûnen kinen Kawanabe Kyôsai 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); Ôju Kyôsai (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