| Maker(s): | Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)
| | Culture: | Japanese (1786-1864)
| | Title: | Shirasuka: Nekozuka [Shirasuka: (Actor Onoe Kikugoro III as) a Cat Monster], from the series Tokaido gojūsan tsugi no uchi [The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road]
| | Date Made: | 1852 (third month of the Year of Rat)
| | Type: | Print
| | Materials: | Color woodblock print (woodcut) on paper
| | Place Made: | Asia; Japan
| | Measurements: | Mat: 18 in x 14 5/16 in; 45.7 cm x 36.4 cm; Sheet: 14 1/2 in x 10 in; 36.8 cm x 25.4 cm; Image: 14 1/8 in x 9 7/8 in; 35.9 cm x 25.1 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | TITLE: recto, upp. r. (black ink, within image): [Tōkaidō gojūsan tsugi no uchi shirasuka nekoduka, Japanese character]; SEAL: recto, ctr. l. (black ink, within image): [Mera, Japanese character]; SEAL: recto, ctr. l. (black ink, within image): [Watanabe, Japanese character]; SIGNATURE: recto, ctr. l. (black ink in cartouche, within image): [Toyokuni ga, Japanese character]; SEAL: recto, ctr. l. (black ink, within image): [ko san, Japanese character]; SEAL: recto, ctr. l. (black ink, within image): [Yoshi sumi masa, Japanese character]; SEAL: recto, ctr. r. (black ink, within image): [Hori Mino, Japanese character]
| | Accession Number: | MH 1970.191.Q.RII
| | Credit Line: | Gift of Dorothy Cogswell
| | Museum Collection: | Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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