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「東海道五十三次の内 池鯉鮒 業平」 初代坂東竹三郎
Chiryû: (Actor Bandô Takesaburô I as) Narihira, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi)
「東海道五十三次の内 池鯉鮒 業平」 初代坂東竹三郎
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 Number59.1147.63
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Mostow, Courtly Visions (2014), fig. 164; Marks, Kunisada's Tôkaidô (2013), #T63-40, p. 149
DescriptionStation no. 40.
MFA impressions: 11.29412, 11.29467, 11.29617, 11.29872, 11.43264, *11.45326 (deaccessioned in 2019), 59.1147.63
MFA impressions: 11.29412, 11.29467, 11.29617, 11.29872, 11.43264, *11.45326 (deaccessioned in 2019), 59.1147.63
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.