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Aki Province: (Actor Ichikawa Kodanji IV as) Heishôkoku (=Taira Kiyomori), No. 49 from the series The Glories of the Provinces of Japan (Kunizukushi Yamato meiyo)


「国尽倭名誉 安芸」 「平相国」 四代目市川小団次
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Minatoya Kohei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôtaya Takichi (Hori Takichi) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1853 (Kaei 6), 9th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban; 25.8 × 18.9 cm (10 3/16 × 7 7/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of the Anne Gordon Keidel Trust of June 2016
Accession Number2016.1391
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waseda db 006-3786
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche (main image); Monjin Kuni... ga (inset)
豊国画(年玉枠)、門人国?画
Marks Censors' seals: Hama, Magome, Ox 9
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ta
改印:浜、馬込、丑九
彫師:彫多
ProvenanceAnne Gordon Keidel (d. 2016), West Newton, MA; 2016, bequest of Anne Gordon Keidel to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 9, 2016)