The Eighth Month: Moon Viewing (Hachigatsu Tsukimi no zu), from the series Actors in the Twelve Months, a Set of Thirty-six Sheets (Sanjûrokuban tsuzuki, yakusha jûni tsuki)

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The Eighth Month: Moon Viewing (Hachigatsu Tsukimi no zu), from the series Actors in the Twelve Months, a Set of Thirty-six Sheets (Sanjûrokuban tsuzuki, yakusha jûni tsuki)

三十六ばんつゞき　役者十二つき　八月月見の図

Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Shimizu (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1809 (Bunka 6)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38 x 26.1 cm (14 15/16 x 10 1/4 in.)

Credit Line Gift of the Estate of Henry Adams

Accession Number20.432

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Matsushita, Nishiki-e ga kataru edo no shoku (2009), pp. 42-43 (complete triptych)

DescriptionLeft sheet of incomplete triptych, with title on right sheet. A gender-reversed parody of the story of Ushiwaka and Joruri-hime.

Signed Toyokuni ga
豊国画

ProvenanceHenry Brooks Adams (b. 1838 - d. 1918), Washington, DC; 1920, gift of the estate of Henry Brooks Adams to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 1, 1920)