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Minakuchi: (Actor Sawamura Chôjûrô V as) Chôemon, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi)


「東海道五十三次之内 水口 長右衛門」 五代目沢村長十郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
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 Number59.1147.78
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks, Kunisada's Tôkaidô (2013), #T63-51, p. 158; Osaka Castle Museum, Mitate no sekai (exh. cat., 2004), #16
DescriptionStation no. 51.

MFA impressions: 11.29053, 11.29409, 11.29433, 11.43277, 59.1147.78
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
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
ProvenanceGift from estate of James J. Higginson through Mrs. Charles Jackson, March 26, 1959.