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The Fifth Month (Gogatsu), from the series Children's Games of the Five Festivals (Kodomo asobi gosekku no uchi)


「子供遊五節供のうち 五月」
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861)
Publisher: Maruya Seijirô (Marusei, Jukakudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1843–47 (Tenpô 14–Kôka 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.7 x 24.9 cm (14 7/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.36551
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Signed Ichiyûsai Kuniyoshi ga
一勇斎国芳画
Marks Censor's seal: Fu
No blockcutter's mark
改印:普
彫師:なし
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850–d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 19, 2005)

NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.