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Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

The Fifth Month: Flower Arranging Contest (Satsuki, Ikebana awase), Edo Period

Maker

  • Yokokawa Takejirō 横川彫武
  • Tsutaya Kichizō 蔦屋吉蔵
  • Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Title

The Fifth Month: Flower Arranging Contest (Satsuki, Ikebana awase)

Year

Edo Period

Medium

ink, color

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • polychrome woodblock print

Techniques

  • Polychrome woodblock print

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Vertical ōban triptych: 36 x 74.8 cm (14 3/16 x 29 7/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: Signed: Toyokuni ga
Censor's seal: Aratame, Tiger 6
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take

Seals: Engraver's seal | Horitake;censor's seal | aratame; date seal | 1854.6

Place

Place Made: Japan

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Marshall H. Gould

Object Number

30.039.7

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

Signature: Signed: Toyokuni ga
Censor's seal: Aratame, Tiger 6
Blockcutter's mark: Hori Take

Seals: Engraver's seal | Horitake;censor's seal | aratame; date seal | 1854.6

Place Made: Japan

Exhibition History

Kunisada's Twelve Month Series

October 10, 2008 - February 1, 2009

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 歌川 国貞 (Toyokuni III)

The fifth month: The Ikebana gathering (Satsuki: Ikebana no kai), Edo (Japanese period)
No Image Available

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川 国貞 (Toyokuni III)

The fifth month: The Ikebana gathering (Satsuki: Ikebana no kai), Edo (Japanese period)
No Image Available

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川 国貞 (Toyokuni III)

The fifth month: The Ikebana gathering (Satsuki: Ikebana no kai), Edo (Japanese period)
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