FICHE 19214
(1786 - 1864) and (1797 - 1858)
Yokkaichi: Mirage at Nako Bay (Nako-no-ura shinkirô).
Actor Sawamura Chôjûrô V as Saigyô in the Scene Portrait of Norikiyo (Norikiyo utsushi-e)
Woodblock print
1855
Fine impression on Japan paper, signed Hiroshige hitsu and Toyokuni ga, plate 44 from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô Road by Two Brushes (Sôhitsu gojûsan tsugi), published by Maruya Kyûshirô. Censors' seals aratame, Hare 8.
Sheet: ôban (358 x 245 mm)
Reference: a proof is preserved in the MFA of Boston.
Condition: laid on Japan paper, slight soilings.