Kasagawa, between Narumi and Miya: (Actor Iwai Tojaku I as as) Otatsu, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi), here called Tôkaidô

「東海道　鳴海　宮　間　笠寺　おたつ」　初代岩井杜若

Japanese

Edo period

1852 (Kaei 5), 10th 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 Number59.1147.103

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks, Kunisada's Tôkaidô (2013), #T63-41C, p. 150

DescriptionStation no. 41-42.

MFA impressions: 11.43219, 59.1147.103

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

Marks Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu, Rat 10
No blockcutter's mark
改印：福、村松、子十
彫師：なし

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