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The Ninth Month (Kugatsu), from an untitled series of Twelve Months


十二ヶ月 (年中行事の内) 「九月」 菊づくり
Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770)
Japanese
Edo period
1770 (Meiwa 7)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Right half of half-hosoban; 15 x 6.6 cm (5 7/8 x 2 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.4522
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Waterhouse, The Harunobu Decade (2013), #502; Ukiyo-e shûka 4 (1979), list #259.5, and supp. 2 (1982), pl. 535; TNM Ukiyo-e cat. 1 (1960), #584
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.20125 (uncut), 21.4521 (left half), 21.4522 (right half)
Signed (this picture unsigned)
ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.