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Iwabuchi, between Yoshiwara and Kanbara: (Actor Iwai Kumesaburô III, later Iwai Hanshirô VIII, as) a Female Daruma (Onna Daruma), from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi), here called Tôkaidô


「東海道 吉原蒲原間 岩淵 女達磨」 三代目岩井粂三郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tamaya Sôsuke
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 8th 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 Number59.1147.34
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks, Kunisada's Tôkaidô (2013), #T63-15C, p. 130; Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 7, Musee Guimet II (1990), fig. 48
DescriptionStation no. 15-16.
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Murata, Rat 8
No blockcutter's mark
改印:衣笠、村田、子八
彫師:なし
ProvenanceGift from estate of James J. Higginson through Mrs. Charles Jackson, March 26, 1959.