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The Third Month (Hanazuki) (right) and the Fourth Month (Uzuki) (left), from the series Twelve Months (Juni tsuki)


「十二月 花月」 「十二月 卯月」
Kitagawa Hidemaro (Japanese, active about 1801–1818)
Publisher: Yama-Man (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1800s

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (key block); ink on paper
Dimensions Two uncut vertical chûban prints on a horizontal ôban sheet; 25 x 36 cm (9 13/16 x 14 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.25795
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Hidemaro ga (on each design)
秀麿画
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)

NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.