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Yae no sato, between Ishibe and Kusatsu: (Actor Onoe Kikugorô III as) Sakuramaru, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi)


「東海道五十三次之内 石部 草津 間 八重里 桜丸」 三代目尾上菊五郎
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), 9th 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 Number59.1147.137
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks, Kunisada's Tôkaidô (2013), #T63-52C, p. 157
DescriptionStation no. 52-53.

MFA impressions: 11.43224, 11.45324, 59.1147.137
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censors' seals: Hama, Magome, Rat 9
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Mino
改印:浜、馬込、子九
彫師:彫巳の
ProvenanceGift from estate of James J. Higginson through Mrs. Charles Jackson, March 26, 1959.