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Kuwana, from the series Scenes of Famous Places along the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô meisho fûkei), also known as the Processional Tôkaidô (Gyôretsu Tôkaidô), here called Tôkaidô


「東海道 桑名」
Utagawa Yoshikata (Japanese, active about 1841–1864)
Publisher: Koshimuraya Heisuke (Koshihei) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Ôta Komakichi (Hori Koma, Hori Tashichi) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1863 (Bunkyû 3), 8th month (?)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 35.7 × 23.2 cm (14 1/16 × 9 1/8 in.)
Credit Line Source unidentified
Accession Number2009.5009.103
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks, "When the Shogun...," Andon 81 (2007), #43 (102); Kubo Tsunehiko and Sons Collection Ukiyo-e Hanga (2004), #18-102
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.16311, 11.16639, 11.44784, 11.45068, 11.45072, 2009.5009.103
Signed Yoshikata ga
芳形画
Marks Censor's seal: Boar 8 aratame (?)
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Ôta Tashichi
改印:亥八改ヵ
彫師:彫太田多七