The Seventh Month: The Star Festival, Buying Flowers for the Obon Festival (Fumitsuki, Tanabata, Kusaichi), from an untitled series of Day and Night Scenes of the Twelve Months – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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The Seventh Month: The Star Festival, Buying Flowers for the Obon Festival (Fumitsuki, Tanabata, Kusaichi), from an untitled series of Day and Night Scenes of the Twelve Months

The Seventh Month: The Star Festival, Buying Flowers for the Obon Festival (Fumitsuki, Tanabata, Kusaichi), from an untitled series of Day and Night Scenes of the Twelve Months

昼夜十二ヶ月　「ふみ月　たなばた　草市」

Katsukawa Shunshô (Japanese, 1726–1792)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1772–75 (early An'ei era)

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

Dimensions Vertical chûban; 25.6 x 16.5 cm (10 1/16 x 6 1/2 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.4080

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 2, British Museum II (1988), pl. 68

DescriptionFrom a series jointly designed by Kitao Shigemasa (#s 1, 5, 9, 11), Katsukawa Shunshô (#s 2, 4, 7, 12), and Utagawa Toyoharu (#s 3, 6, 8, 10).

Signed Katsukawa Shunshô ga
勝川春章画

ProvenanceSeptember 1911, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from the E. F. Fenollosa collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.