/internal/media/dispatcher/962180/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail;jsessionid=EFD97D62178D46406CB9E7283A4D64DFThe Sixth Month: A Sudden Shower on the Way Home from the Fuji Festival (Minazuki Fuji-gaeri yūdachi)about 1815 (Bunka 12)Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III)Ezakiya Kichibei (Tenjudō)Vertical ôban triptych; 35.5 x 72.7 cm (14 x 28 5/8 in.)Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paperWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection11.23070-20Triptych: 11.23070 (left), 1.23071 (center), 1.23072 (right)
The straw snake held by the woman in the center panel is a souvenir of the Fuji Festival celebrating the annual opening of Mount Fuji to pilgrims on the first day of the sixth month. Residents of Edo visited mounds representing Fuji in locations such as Asakusa or Komagome.Prints35.500000000050169401