Odawara: (Actor Morita Kan'ya XI as) Iinuma Katsugorô, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi)

「東海道五十三次之内　小田原　飯沼勝五郎」　十一代目森田勘弥

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Sumiyoshiya Masagorô
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)

Japanese

Edo period

1852 (Kaei 5), 4th 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 Number59.1147.22

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks, Kunisada's Tôkaidô (2013), #T63-10, pp. 125, 127; Tamba (Tanba), Ukiyo-e Edo kara Hakone made (1963), #254 (identifies actor as Bandô Mitsugorô IV)

DescriptionStation no. 10.

MFA impressions: 11.29424, 11.29525.9, 11.43313, 59.1147.22

Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)

Marks Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Murata, Rat 4
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印：衣笠、村田、子四
彫師：彫竹

ProvenanceGift from estate of James J. Higginson through Mrs. Charles Jackson, March 26, 1959.