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The Second Month (Nigatsu), from the series The Twelve Months by Hanabusa Itchô (Hanabusa Itchô jûnikagetsu no uchi)


「英一蝶十二ヶ月の内 二月」 「東都今川橋 松栄堂赤松板 」
Attributed to: Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
After: Hanabusa Itchô (Japanese, 1652–1724)
Publisher: Akamatsuya Shôtarô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1835–36 (Tenpô 6–7)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 23.5 x 37.1 cm (9 1/4 x 14 5/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Porter Sargent
Accession NumberRES.49.166
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné https://collections.artsmia.org/art/22561/second-month-utagawa-kunisada
DescriptionPosthumous reproductions of paintings by Itchô. According to Marks, Publishers (2012), p. 95, the series was designed by Kunisada.
Signed Hanabusa Itchô gisho
英一蝶戯書
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
Provenance1949, gift of Porter Sargent to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. (Accession Date: November 10, 1949)