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Okabe: (Actor Arashi Kichisaburô III as) Rokuyata, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi)


「東海道五十三次ノ内 岡部 六弥太」 三代目嵐吉三郎
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Minokichi (Hori Mino) (Japanese, 1833–1906)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 4th 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 Number59.1147.111
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Peternolli & Guidi, Kunisada (Bologna, 2017), #53; Marks, Kunisada's Tôkaidô (2013), #T63-22, pp. 135, 136; Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 7, Musee Guimet II (1990), fig. 45
DescriptionStation no. 22.

MFA impressions: *11.22513 (deaccessioned in 2019), 11.29399, 11.29418, 11.29497, 11.29525.13, 11.43238, *11.45325 (deaccessioned in 2019), 59.1147.111
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Murata, Rat 4
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Mino
改印:衣笠、村田、子四
彫師:彫巳の
ProvenanceGift from estate of James J. Higginson through Mrs. Charles Jackson, March 26, 1959.