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The Twelfth Month: Courtesan Seated at Brazier, from the series A Set of Twelve Lovely Women (Jûni en no uchi); Calendar for 1799


「十二艶之内」 「己未」 「大ノ月」 火鉢に遊女
Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Japanese
Edo period
1799 (Kansei 11)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions 14 x 9 cm (5 1/2 x 3 9/16 in.)
Credit Line Asiatic Curator's Fund
Accession Number49.577
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionUnidentified mark of a publisher, or perhaps the group that commissioned the print, in the lower right corner.
On the brazier are the numbers of the long months: 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, and 12.
Signed Toyokuni ga
豊国画
Provenance1949, purchased by the MFA from an unidentified source. (Accession Date: September 15, 1949)