Imure, between Futakawa and Yoshida: (Actor Bandô Mitsugorô III as) Chûbei, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi), here called Tôkaidô

「東海道　二川吉田間　いむれ　忠兵衛」　三代目坂東三津五郎

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 Number59.1147.96

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks, Kunisada's Tôkaidô (2013), #T63-34C, p. 143

DescriptionStation no. 34-35.

MFA impressions: *11.29404 (deaccessioned in 2012), 11.43210, 59.1147.96

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

Marks Censors' seals: Hama, Magome, Rat 9
No blockcutter's mark
改印：浜、馬込、子九
彫師：なし

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