Kanaya: (Actor Bandô Shûka I as) Asagao, from the series Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô gojûsan tsugi no uchi)

「東海道五十三次の内　金谷　朝顔」　初代坂東しうか

Japanese
Edo period
1852 (Kaei 5), 3rd month
Artist Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864), Publisher Sumiyoshiya Masagorô, Blockcutter Yokokawa Takejirô (Hori Take)

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Catalogue Raisonné

Marks, Kunisada's Tôkaidô (2013), #T63-25, p. 134; Osaka Castle Museum, Mitate no sekai (exh. cat., 2004), #15

Dimensions

Vertical ôban; 34.4 x 24.8 cm (13 9/16 x 9 3/4 in.)

Accession Number

59.1147.116

Medium or Technique

Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Not On View

Collections

Asia, Prints and Drawings

Classifications

Prints

Signed

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

Markings

Censors' seals: Mera, Watanabe, Rat 3
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take
Printer's mark: Ô-Hisa
改印：米良、渡辺、子三
彫師：彫竹
摺師：摺大久

Provenance

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

Credit Line

Gift of James J. Higginson