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Okazaki: (Actor Nakamura Utaemon IV as) Masaemon, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi)


「東海道五十三次の内 岡崎駅 政右衛門」 四代目中村歌右衛門
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Iseya Kanekichi (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
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 Number59.1147.61
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks, Kunisada's Tôkaidô (2013), #T63-39, pp. 149, 162
DescriptionStation no. 39.

MFA impressions: *11.22346 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.29392, 11.29471, 11.29524.20, 11.29611, 11.43262, 59.1147.61
Forms a diptych with: *11.22347 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.29393, 11.29406, 11.29470, 11.29615, 11.43263, 59.1147.62
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.