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

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The Sixth Month, a Triptych (Rokugatsu, 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　六月　三枚続」

Utagawa Toyohiro (Japanese, 1773–1828)
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; 38.2 x 74.4 cm (15 1/16 x 29 5/16 in.)

Credit Line Museum of Fine Arts, Boston—Worcester Art Museum exchange, made possible through the Special Korean Pottery Fund, Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution, and Smithsonian Institution—Chinese Expedition, 1923–24

Accession Number54.190-2

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Motegi et al, Musical Instruments (Ôta Memorial Museum, 2005), #38; Ôta Memorial Museum of Art, Utagawa Toyoharu to sono jidai (1994), #138; Utagawa ha (Kobijutsu special issue 7, 1986), #53; Ukiyo-e taikei 9 (1976), #s 46-8

DescriptionTriptych: 54.190 (left), 54.191 (center), 54.192 (right)

Signed Toyohiro ga (on each sheet)
豊広画

Marks No censor's seal

Provenance1954, by exchange from Worcester Art Museum to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 8, 1954)