Hashimoto, between Arai and Shirasuka: (Actor Ichikawa Ebizô V as) Benkei, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi), here called Tôkaidô

「東海道　荒井白須賀間　はしもと　弁慶」　五代目市川海老蔵

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 Number59.1147.94

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks, Kunisada's Tôkaidô (2013), #T63-32C, p. 141

DescriptionStation no. 32-33.

MFA impressions: *11.29483 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.43208, 59.1147.94

Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)

Marks Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Murata, Rat 8
No blockcutter's mark
改印：衣笠、村田、子八
彫師：なし

ProvenanceGift from estate of James J. Higginson through Mrs. Charles Jackson, March 26, 1959.