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「東海道五十三次の内 箱根 初花」 六代岩井半四郎
Hakone: (Actor Iwai Hanshirô VI as) Hatsuhana, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi)
「東海道五十三次の内 箱根 初花」 六代岩井半四郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Iseya Kanekichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Publisher: Iseya Kanekichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 3rd 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 Number59.1147.39
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Peternolli & Guidi, Kunisada (Bologna, 2017), #52; Marks, Kunisada's Tôkaidô (2013), #T63-11, pp. 125, 127; Tamba (Tanba), Ukiyo-e Edo kara Hakone made (1963), #299 (actor identified as Kumesaburô VI)
DescriptionStation no. 11.
MFA impressions: 11.29425, 11.29472, 11.29525.8, 11.43316, 11.43317, 59.1147.39
Forms a diptych with: 11.29066, 11.29397, 11.29479, 11.29524.26, 11.43318, 59.1147.40
MFA impressions: 11.29425, 11.29472, 11.29525.8, 11.43316, 11.43317, 59.1147.39
Forms a diptych with: 11.29066, 11.29397, 11.29479, 11.29524.26, 11.43318, 59.1147.40
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censors' seals: Mera, Watanabe, Rat 3
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印：米良、渡辺、子三
彫師：彫竹
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印：米良、渡辺、子三
彫師：彫竹
ProvenanceGift from estate of James J. Higginson through Mrs. Charles Jackson, March 26, 1959.