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Utagawa Kunisada 歌川 国貞 (Toyokuni III)

The First Month: First Dance of the New Year (Moshun: Odorizome)

Description

Maker

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川 国貞 (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786-1865, b. in Edo)
Tsutaya Kichizō 蔦屋吉蔵 (Japanese, c. 1830-1859, active in Edo, Japan), publisher

Title

The First Month: First Dance of the New Year (Moshun: Odorizome)
Twelve Months
Junikagetsu no uchi

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Year

1854

Medium

  • Polychrome woodblock triptych

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Polychrome woodblock triptych

Materials

color, ink

Supports

  • paper

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Dimensions

Overall: 36.4 x 75.1 cm (14 5/16 x 29 9/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: Toyokuni ga

Seals: Censor's seal | aratame; date seal | 1854.4

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Marshall H. Gould

Object Number

30.039.12

Type

  • Prints

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

The Lure of Ink
Japanese Monochrome Prints and Books
Mar 06, 2009 – Jul 05, 2009
Kunisada's Twelve Month Series
Oct 10, 2008 – Feb 01, 2009

Label copy

A performance by two dancers and a Japanese lute (shamisen) player marks the arrival of the lunar New Year. Pine trees, which appear in the background, are traditional New Year’s decorations.

Kunisada's Twelve Months
Images of Women in Japanese Woodblock Prints
Mar 07, 1997 – May 03, 1997
The Twelve Months at Home
Mar 27, 1992 – May 17, 1992

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Utagawa Kunisada 歌川 国貞 (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786-1865, b. in Edo)
Tsutaya Kichizō 蔦屋吉蔵 (Japanese, c. 1830-1859, active in Edo, Japan), publisher
The First Month: First Dance of the New Year (Moshun: Odorizome); Twelve Months; Junikagetsu no uchi, 1854
Polychrome woodblock triptych
Overall: 36.4 x 75.1 cm (14 5/16 x 29 9/16 inches)
Gift of Marshall H. Gould 30.039.12

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