Yotsuya, between Fujisawa and Hiratsuka: (Actor Ichikawa Danjûrô VIII as) Yamagaeri, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi), here called Tôkaidô

「東海道　藤沢平塚間　四つ家　山帰り」　八代目市川団十郎

Japanese

Edo period

1852 (Kaei 5), 8th 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 Number59.1147.17

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Marks, Kunisada's Tôkaidô (2013), #T63-07C, p. 121

DescriptionStation no. 07-08.

MFA impressions: 11.29459, 11.43290, 59.1147.17

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

Marks Censors' seals: Kinugasa, Murata, Rat 8
No blockcutter's mark
改印：衣笠、村田、子八
彫師：なし

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