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Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)

The Ninth Month: Chrysanthemum (?; character illegible) Party in the Ninth Month (Choyo: Kiku (?) no tsuki utage), 1854

Description

Maker

Title

The Ninth Month: Chrysanthemum (?; character illegible) Party in the Ninth Month (Choyo: Kiku (?) no tsuki utage)

Year

1854

Medium

Polychrome woodblock triptych

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Techniques

Supports

Dimensions

Overall: 36 x 74.5 cm (14 3/16 x 29 5/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Toyokuni ga

Place

Japan; Tokyo

Type

Credit

Gift of Marshall H. Gould

Object Number

30.039.4

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Kunisada's Twelve Month Series

October 10, 2008 - February 1, 2009

The ninth day of the ninth month brings the Chrysanthemum Festival. As a celebration is prepared, performers with nearly life-size bunraku theater puppets arrive to provide entertainment while traditional narratives are chanted to the accompaniment of a three-stringed Japanese lute (shamisen). The maple leaves in the background are a seasonal reference to autumn.

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