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The Seventh Month: The Bon Festival Dance (Shichigatsu Bon odori sairei nari), from an untitled series of Niwaka festival dances representing the Twelve Months


仁和嘉狂言 「七月 盆おどり さいれいなり」
Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Publisher: Tsutaya Jûzaburô (Kôshodô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1793 (Kansei 5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban; 22.4 x 15.8 cm (8 13/16 x 6 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.10196
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 227, vertical chûban #11.10; the series: Lane, Hokusai Life and Work (1989), Appendix II, list #28
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.19932, 21.10196
Signed Shunrô ga
春朗画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
ProvenanceFebruary 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from J. Clarence Webster Collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.