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Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)

The Eleventh Month: The Cock's Fair (Shimotsuki: Tori no machi), 1854

Description

Maker

  • Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III), 1786-1865, Japanese
  • Tsutaya Kichizō, Japanese, publisher
  • Possibly Yokogawa Takejirō, 19th century, block carver

Title

The Eleventh Month: The Cock's Fair (Shimotsuki: Tori no machi)

Year

1854

Medium

Polychrome woodblock triptych

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • ink,
  • color

Techniques

  • wood block,
  • woodcut

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Overall: 36 x 74.6 cm (14 3/16 x 29 3/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Toyokuni ga

Place

Japan; Tokyo

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Marshall H. Gould

Object Number

30.039.1

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Kunisada's Twelve Month Series

October 10, 2008 - February 1, 2009

In this scene, three warmly clad women make their way to the Washi Great Shrine in Asakusa, near the Yoshiwara pleasure district, seen in the distance. They carry offerings for the Shintō deity Okunimushi no Mikoto, whose festival falls on the first “cock” day of the eleventh month. (The Japanese associate days of the month with the twelve animals of the zodiac.). The woman on the right carries a rake decorated with a mask of a smiling peasant woman, Otafuku, who is associated with prosperity. Such rakes would be used during the celebration of the New Year to come.

Kunisada's Twelve Months

March 7 - May 3, 1997

The Twelve Months at Home

March 27 - May 17, 1992

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Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)

The eleventh month: The Cock's Fair (Shimotsuki: Tori no machi), 1854.6

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