Nishi no kawara, between Odawara and Hakone: (Actor Iwai Kumesaburô III [?] as) Tsukisayo, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi), here called Tôkaidô

「東海道　小田原箱根間　西の川原　月小夜」　三代目岩井粂三郎ヵ

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 Number59.1147.26

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks, Kunisada's Tôkaidô (2013), #T63-10E, p. 124

DescriptionStation no. 10-11.

MFA impressions: 11.43293, 59.1147.26

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

Marks Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Murata, Rat 4
No blockcutter's mark
改印：衣笠、村田、子四
彫師：なし

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