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Fashionable First Dance of the Year (Fûryû odori hajime)

Fashionable First Dance of the Year (Fûryû odori hajime)

「風流踊初」

Utagawa Kuninaga (Japanese, died in 1827)
Publisher: Izumiya Ichibei (Kansendô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 38.8 x 51.5 cm (15 1/4 x 20 1/4 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.7487-8

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e taisei 10 (1930), #237 (left sheet only)

DescriptionDiptych: 21.7487 (left), 21.7488 (right)

Signed Kuninaga ga (on each sheet)
国長画

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.