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Utagawa Kunisada 歌川 国貞 (Toyokuni III)

The Fourth Month: The first cuckoo (Uzuki: Hatsu hototogisu), Edo (Japanese period)

Maker

  • Tsutaya Kichizō 蔦屋吉蔵
  • Utagawa Kunisada 歌川 国貞 (Toyokuni III)

Title

The Fourth Month: The first cuckoo (Uzuki: Hatsu hototogisu)

Year

Edo (Japanese period)

Medium

ink, color

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • polychrome woodblock print

Techniques

  • Polychrome woodblock print

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Overall: 36.2 x 74.4 cm (14 1/4 x 29 5/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: Toyokuni ga

Seals: Censor's seal | aratame; date seal | 1854.6

Place

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Marshall H. Gould

Object Number

30.039.3

The Fourth Month: The first cuckoo (Uzuki: Hatsu hototogisu)
The twelve months
Junikagetsu no uchi

Signature: Toyokuni ga

Seals: Censor's seal | aratame; date seal | 1854.6

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

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 fourth month: The first cuckoo (Uzuki:Hatsu hototogisu), Edo (Japanese period)
No Image Available

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川 国貞 (Toyokuni III)

The fourth month: The first cuckoo (Uzuki:Hatsu hototogisu), Edo (Japanese period)
No Image Available

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川 国貞 (Toyokuni III)

The fourth month: The first cuckoo (Uzuki:Hatsu hototogisu), Edo (Japanese period)
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 Fourth Month: The first cuckoo (Uzuki: Hatsu hototogisu) with the accession number of 30.039.3. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.
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