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「東海道五拾三次之内 京 石川五右衛門」 四代目中村歌右衛門
Kyoto (Kyô): (Actor Nakamura Utaemon IV as) Ishikawa Goemon, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi)
「東海道五拾三次之内 京 石川五右衛門」 四代目中村歌右衛門
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Minokichi (Hori Mino) (Japanese, 1833–1906)
Publisher: Tsujiokaya Bunsuke (Kinshôdô) (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Koizumi Minokichi (Hori Mino) (Japanese, 1833–1906)
Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 6th 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 Number59.1147.85
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hinohara, Utagawa Kunisada (Ôta Mus., 2016), p. 89; Marks, Kunisada's Tôkaidô (2013), #T63-55, p. 160; Osaka Castle Museum, Mitate no sekai (exh. cat., 2004), #21
DescriptionStation no. 55.
MFA impressions: 11.29383, 11.29386, 11.43227, 11.45320, 59.1147.85
Forms a diptych with: 11.29384, 11.29389, 11.43283, 59.1147.84
MFA impressions: 11.29383, 11.29386, 11.43227, 11.45320, 59.1147.85
Forms a diptych with: 11.29384, 11.29389, 11.43283, 59.1147.84
Signed
Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks
Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu, Rat 6
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Mino
改印：福、村松、子六
彫師：彫巳の
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Mino
改印：福、村松、子六
彫師：彫巳の
ProvenanceGift from estate of James J. Higginson through Mrs. Charles Jackson, March 26, 1959.