Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

The Fifth Month: Flower Arranging Contest (皐月生花合 Satsuki, Ikebana awase), Edo Period

Maker

Title

The Fifth Month: Flower Arranging Contest (皐月生花合 Satsuki, Ikebana awase)

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink and colors

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Vertical ōban: 36 x 24.8 cm (14 3/16 x 9 3/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: 豊国画 Toyokuni ga (Pictured by Toyokuni)

Seals: Designer's seal: Toshidama
Censor's seal: 改 Aratame,
Date seal: 寅六 Tiger 6
Blockcutter's seal: 彫竹 Hori Take
Publisher's seal: Ivy leaf below the three peaks of mount Fuji (蔦屋吉蔵 Tsutaya Kichizō)

Place

Place Made: Japan

Type

Credit

Gift of Marshall H. Gould

Object Number

30.039.7B

The Fifth Month: Flower Arranging Contest (皐月生花合 Satsuki, Ikebana awase)
from the series The Twelve Months (十二月ノ内 Jūni tsuki no uchi)

Signature: 豊国画 Toyokuni ga (Pictured by Toyokuni)

Seals: Designer's seal: Toshidama
Censor's seal: 改 Aratame,
Date seal: 寅六 Tiger 6
Blockcutter's seal: 彫竹 Hori Take
Publisher's seal: Ivy leaf below the three peaks of mount Fuji (蔦屋吉蔵 Tsutaya Kichizō)

Place Made: Japan

Exhibition History

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is The Fifth Month: Flower Arranging Contest (皐月生花合 Satsuki, Ikebana awase) with the accession number of 30.039.7B. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.