Fifth month from the Twelve month of Contemporary Genji series

Artist: Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese, 1786–1865)

Medium

Ukiyo-e: polychrome woodblock print, triptych

Dimensions

each panel: 15 1/4 × 10 1/4 in. (38.7 × 26 cm)

Credit Line

Hobart and Edward Small Moore Memorial Collection, Gift of Mrs. William H. Moore

Accession Number

1950.599

Geography
Culture
Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

Classification
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Provenance

Provenance

Mrs. William H. Moore (Ada Small Moore, 1858–1955), New York, given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1950
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Additional information

Object/Work type

color woodcuts

Marks

Publishers' seals blurry but "ivy" and "jin" 甚.

Inscriptions

Right panel upper right: 今様源氏十二月之様 皐月 "imayō Genji jūni ka getsu no sama Satsuki" Fifth month from the Twelve month of Contemporary Genji series.

Signed

Toyokuni ga 豊國画: at lower center on R panel; lower left on both Center and Left panels.

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