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The Ninth Month (Kikuzuki), from the series Five Festivals for Eastern Genji (Azuma Genji mitate Gosekku)


阿都摩源氏見立五節句 菊月
Utagawa Kunisada II (Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV) (Japanese, 1823–1880)
Publisher: Yamadaya Shôjirô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1855 (Ansei 2), 5th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.8 × 25.4 cm (14 1/2 × 10 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.770
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Tokyo Metropolitan Library database 07773-C3 (complete triptych)
DescriptionLeft sheet of incomplete triptych, with title on right sheet.
Signed Baichôrô Kunisada ga
梅蝶楼国貞画
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Hare 5
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、卯五
彫師:なし
ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 12, 1900)