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Rokugô Ferry (Rokugô watashi), between Shinagawa and Kawasaki: (Actor Onoe Kikugorô III as) Hirai Gonpachi, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi)


「東海道五十三次之内 品川川崎間六合渡シ 平井権八」 三代目尾上菊五郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Sumiyoshiya Masagorô
Blockcutter: Sugawa Sennosuke (Hori Sennosuke) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 9th 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 Number59.1147.88
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks, Kunisada's Tôkaidô (2013), #T63-02D, p. 117; Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 7, Musee Guimet II (1990), fig. 59
DescriptionStation no. 02-03.

MFA impressions: 11.29435, 11.29524.2, 11.43301, 59.1147.88
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censors' seals: Hama, Magome, Rat 9
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Sennosuke
改印:浜、馬込、子九
彫師:彫千之助
ProvenanceGift from estate of James J. Higginson through Mrs. Charles Jackson, March 26, 1959.