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Maisaka: (Actor Ichimura Uzaemon XII as) Komachiya Sôshichi, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi)


「東海道五十三次の内 舞坂 小町屋宗七」 十二代目市村羽左衛門
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), 5th 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 Number59.1147.127
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks, Kunisada's Tôkaidô (2013), #T63-31, pp. 140, 165
DescriptionStation no. 31.

MFA impressions:
Without blockcutter's mark: 11.29414, 11.29524.12
With blockcutter's mark: 11.29056, 11.29490, 11.43250, 59.1147.127
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censors' seals: Hama, Magome, Rat 5
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Mino
改印:浜、馬込、子五
彫師:彫巳の
ProvenanceGift from estate of James J. Higginson through Mrs. Charles Jackson, March 26, 1959.