The Fifth Month, a Triptych (Gogatsu, sanmaitsuzuki), from the series Twelve Months by Two Artists, Toyokuni and Toyohiro (Toyokuni Toyohiro ryôga jûnikô)

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The Fifth Month, a Triptych (Gogatsu, sanmaitsuzuki), from the series Twelve Months by Two Artists, Toyokuni and Toyohiro (Toyokuni Toyohiro ryôga jûnikô)

「豊広豊国両画十二候　五月　三枚続」

Utagawa Toyokuni I (Japanese, 1769–1825)
Publisher: Yamadaya Sanshirô

Japanese

Edo period

1801 (Kansei 13/Kyôwa 1)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.6 x 75.5 cm (14 7/16 x 29 3/4 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.7383-5

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hizô Ukiyo-e taikan/Ukiyo-e Masterpieces in European Collections 9, Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, Brussels (1989), pl. 200; Genshoku ukiyo-e dai hyakka jiten 5 (1980), #29 (with right sheet at left); Ukiyo-e taisei 10 (1930), #53

DescriptionTriptych: 21.7383 (left), 21.7384 (center), 21.7385 (right)

Signed Toyokuni ga (on each sheet)
豊国画

ProvenancePurchased 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.