Shirasuka: (Actor Onoe Kikugorô III as) a Cat Monster (Nekozuka), from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi)

「東海道五十三次之内　白須賀　猫塚」　三代目尾上菊五郎

Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Sumiyoshiya Masagorô
Blockcutter: Koizumi Minokichi (Hori Mino) (Japanese, 1833–1906)

Japanese

Edo period

1852 (Kaei 5), 3rd 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 Number59.1147.132

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hinohara, Utagawa Kunisada (Ôta Mus., 2016), p. 125; Marks, Kunisada's Tôkaidô (2013), #T63-33, p. 142; Hiraki Ukiyo-e Foundation, Nyan to mo neko darake/ Cats of Many Varieties (2012), #174; Izzard, Kunisada's World (1993), #89

DescriptionStation no. 33.

MFA impressions: 11.29403, 11.29476, 11.29524.14, 11.29525.42, 11.43252, 59.1147.132

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

Marks Censors' seals: Mera, Watanabe, Rat 3
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Mino
改印：米良、渡辺、子三
彫師：彫巳の

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