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Nihonbashi: (Actor Bandô Mitsugorô III as) a Fishmonger (Katsuo-uri), from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi)


「東海道五十三次の内 日本橋 松魚売」 三代目坂東三津五郎
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), intercalary 2nd month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 34.4 x 24.8 cm (13 9/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Gift of James J. Higginson
Accession Number59.1147.3
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks, Kunisada's Tôkaidô (2013), #T63-01, p. 115; Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 7, Musee Guimet II (1990), fig. 43
DescriptionStation no. 01.

MFA impressions: *11.22514 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.29373, 11.29374, 11.29525.4, 11.43298, 59.1147.3
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu, Rat intercalary
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
Printer's mark: Suri Ô-Hisa
改印:福、村松、子閏
彫師:彫竹
摺師:摺大久
ProvenanceGift from estate of James J. Higginson through Mrs. Charles Jackson, March 26, 1959.