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Making Ricecakes in the Twelfth Month (Shiwasu mochitsuki), from the series The Twelve Months (Jûni tsuki no uchi)


「十二月之内 師走 餅つき」
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786–1864)
Publisher: Tsutaya Kichizô (Kôeidô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1854 (Kaei 7/Ansei 1), 6th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.9 x 25.5 cm (14 15/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Accession Number00.827
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba Mus., Ukiyo-e bi no kiwami (Baur coll. exh. cat., 2001), #150 (complete triptych)
DescriptionRight sheet of incomplete triptych.

MFA impressions: 00.827 (right sheet), 00.1009-11 (complete triptych)
Signed Toyokuni ga, in toshidama cartouche
豊国画(年玉枠)
Marks Censor's seals: aratame, Tiger 6
No blockcutter's mark
改印:改、寅六
彫師:なし
ProvenanceBy 1900, William Perkins Babcock (b. 1826 - d. 1899), Boston and Paris; 1900, bequest of William Perkins Babcock to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 05, 1900)