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Goyu: (Actor Mimasu Daigorô IV as) Yamamoto Kansuke, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi)


「東海道五十三次の内 御油 山本勘助」 四代目三枡大五郎
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 5th 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 Number59.1147.55
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks, Kunisada's Tôkaidô (2013), #T63-36, p. 146; Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 7, Musee Guimet II (1990), fig. 54
DescriptionStation no. 36.

MFA impressions: 11.29480, 11.29524.16, 11.29525.43, 11.43257, 59.1147.55
Forms a diptych with: 11.29524.17, 11.43258, 59.1147.56
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censors' seals: Hama, Magome, Rat 5
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印:浜、馬込、子五
彫師:彫竹
ProvenanceGift from estate of James J. Higginson through Mrs. Charles Jackson, March 26, 1959.