Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III)

The third month: The Doll Festival (弥生 雛祭 Yayoi: Hina matsuri)

Maker

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III) (1786-1865, b. in Edo, Japan)
Tsutaya Kichizō 蔦屋吉蔵 (1830-1859, Edo, Japan), publisher
Yokokawa Takejirō 横川彫武 (Edo in the mid-1800s), block carver

Title

The third month: The Doll Festival (弥生 雛祭 Yayoi: Hina matsuri)
from the series The Twelve Months (十二月ノ内 Jūni tsuki no uchi)
Junikagetsu no uchi

Period

Edo Period

Year

1854

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink and colors

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan

Dimensions

Vertical ōban triptych: 36.5 x 74.8 cm (14 3/8 x 29 7/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: 豊国画 Toyokuni ga (pictured by Toyokuni)

Seals: Censor's seals: aratame, Tiger 4
Block cutter's mark: 彫竹 Hori Take
Censor's seal: 改 aratame
Date seal: 寅四 Tiger 4
Publisher's seal: Ivy leaf under three peaks of Mount Fuji (Tsutaya Kichizō)
彫師：

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Marshall H. Gould

Object Number

30.039.11

Type

Exhibition History

The Twelve Months at Home
Mar 27, 1992 – May 17, 1992

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Tombstone

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Toyokuni III) (1786-1865, b. in Edo, Japan)
Tsutaya Kichizō 蔦屋吉蔵 (1830-1859, Edo, Japan), publisher
Yokokawa Takejirō 横川彫武 (Edo in the mid-1800s), block carver
The third month: The Doll Festival (弥生 雛祭 Yayoi: Hina matsuri); from the series The Twelve Months (十二月ノ内 Jūni tsuki no uchi); Junikagetsu no uchi, 1854
Polychrome woodblock-printed triptych (nishiki-e)
Vertical ōban triptych: 36.5 x 74.8 cm (14 3/8 x 29 7/16 inches)
Gift of Marshall H. Gould 30.039.11

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