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View of Maisaka (Maisaka no zu), from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi)


「東海道五十三次之内 舞阪ノ図」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1838 (Tenpô 9)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban; 25.5 x 18 cm (10 1/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Henry Meyer
Accession Number2014.1005
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks, Kunisada's Tôkaidô (2013), #T24-31
DescriptionNo. 31 in the series, with background based on Hiroshige's design for the First Tôkaidô.

MFA impressions: 11.21028, 11.35874, 2014.1005
Signed Kôchôrô Kunisada ga
香蝶楼国貞画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
ProvenanceOctober 18, 1990, sold by Yamanaka and Co., Ltd., Kyoto, to Henry Meyer, Wakefield, RI; 2014, gift of Henry Meyer to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 25, 2014)