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十二ヶ月 「子供あそびノづ 正月元日よりのてい」
Children's Games on the First Day of the New Year (Kodomo asobi no zu, Shôgatsu Ganjitsu yori no tei), from an untitled series of Customs of the Twelve Months
十二ヶ月 「子供あそびノづ 正月元日よりのてい」
Japanese
Edo period
about 1711–16 (Shôtoku era)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print; ink on paper, with hand-applied color
Dimensions
Horizontal ôban; 27.2 x 37.8 cm (10 11/16 x 14 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.845.1
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
As a young man, the versatile and prolific Okumura Masanobu designed prints for many different publishers before opening his own publishing house in 1719. Many of his early works were sets of twelve related prints that could be mounted as an album or handscroll, as here, or enjoyed separately. This series shows typical customs of the twelve months, associated with various well-known places in the city of Edo.
Catalogue Raisonné
The series: Shibui, "Masanobu no sumi-e," Ukiyo-e no kenkyû VI.3 (March 1929), #N (only N-6 is illustrated)
DescriptionThe complete series of 12 prints, plus a handwritten colopbhon by former owner Ôta Nanpo (1749–1823), all mounted as a handscroll: 06.845.1 to 06.845.13.
Signed
(Yamato eshi Okumura Masanobu zu, on sheet 12 only)
ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of Ôta Nanpo (1749–1823). Purchased by Denman Waldo Ross from Mr. Prang 1905. March 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross.