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Fuchū: [Ichikawa Hirogorō as] Kitahachi, and the famous product Abe River mochi

Along the Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō

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Title Fuchū: [Ichikawa Hirogorō as] Kitahachi, and the famous product Abe River mochi Fuchū Kitahachi meibutsu Abekawa mochi 小柳 荒馬 式守伊之助
Series title Along the Fifty-Three Stations of the Tōkaidō 東海道五十三次の内
Artist Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) 歌川国貞 (三代目豊国) (1786–1865)
Date c. 1847–1851
Publisher Sumiyoshiya Masagorō 住吉屋政五郎 (Hōraidō 鳳来堂)
Woodcarver Yokogawa Takejirō 横川竹二郎
City Edo
Signature Toyokuni ga 豊國画
Censorship seal(s) Mera Watanabe Rat 3 米良　渡邊　子弎
Publisher’s seal(s) Kichi Sumi-Masa 吉住政; shita-uri シタ売
Blockcutter’s (and/or) printer’s) seal(s) hori Take 彫竹
Technique & material Woodblock print; full colour print; pigment on paper
Object number SH2018-DM-220
Credit Line Gift of Muck and Mieke Douma
Provenance Gifted to the Japan Museum SieboldHuis in April 2018 by Muck and Mieke Douma

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