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Utagawa Kunisada 歌川 国貞 (Toyokuni III)

The sixth month: Summer airing of clothes (Minazuki: doyoboshi)

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
Yokokawa Takejirō 横川彫武 (Active in Edo in the mid-1800s), block carver

Title

The sixth month: Summer airing of clothes (Minazuki: doyoboshi)
The twelve months
Junikagetsu no uchi

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Year

1854

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink, color

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Dimensions

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

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: Toyokuni ga

Seals: Engraver's seal | Horitake;censor's seal | aratame; date seal | 1854.4

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Marshall H. Gould

Object Number

30.039.8

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Kunisada's Twelve Month Series
Oct 10, 2008 – Feb 01, 2009

Label copy

Minazuki, the Japanese name for this month - the last of summer - refers to its lack of water. The woman with the loosened robe fanning herself at the center of the composition and the bowl of watermelon set before her both allude to the season’s heat. The cuckoo on her fan is familiar from the print for The Fourth Month, where it announced the arrival of summer. The servant at left is airing kimono, a seasonal activity.

Kunisada's Twelve Months
Images of Women in Japanese Woodblock Prints
Mar 07, 1997 – May 03, 1997
Depicting Four Seasons in Japanese Prints
Jul 23, 1993 – Sep 26, 1993
The Twelve Months at Home
Mar 27, 1992 – May 17, 1992
Fan-Shaped Bird and Flower Prints from the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Collection
May 11, 1990 – Jun 30, 1990

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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
Yokokawa Takejirō 横川彫武 (Active in Edo in the mid-1800s), block carver
The sixth month: Summer airing of clothes (Minazuki: doyoboshi); The twelve months; Junikagetsu no uchi, 1854
Polychrome woodblock print
Overall: 36.2 x 74.4 cm (14 1/4 x 29 5/16 inches)
Gift of Marshall H. Gould 30.039.8

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