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「東海道五十三次之内 大津 又平女房おとく」 三代目岩井粂三郎
Ôtsu: (Actor Iwai Kumesaburô III as) Matabei's Wife Otoku (Matabei nyôbô Otoku), from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi)
「東海道五十三次之内 大津 又平女房おとく」 三代目岩井粂三郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Sumiyoshiya Masagorô
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Publisher: Sumiyoshiya Masagorô
Blockcutter: Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 8th 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 Number59.1147.82
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Marks, Kunisada's Tôkaidô (2013), #T63-54A, p. 159; Osaka Castle Museum, Mitate no sekai (exh. cat., 2004), #18
DescriptionStation no. 54.
MFA impressions: 11.43282, 11.45319, 59.1147.82
Forms a diptych with: 11.29388, 11.29440, 11.43281, 59.1147.83
MFA impressions: 11.43282, 11.45319, 59.1147.82
Forms a diptych with: 11.29388, 11.29440, 11.43281, 59.1147.83
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Murata, Rat 8
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印：衣笠、村田、子八
彫師：彫竹
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
改印：衣笠、村田、子八
彫師：彫竹
ProvenanceGift from estate of James J. Higginson through Mrs. Charles Jackson, March 26, 1959.