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The First Month (Shôgatsu), from an untitled series of Customs of the Twelve Months, with comic poems


狂歌入り風俗十二ヶ月 「正月」
Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1790–91 (Kansei 2–3)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban; 24.6 x 18.6 cm (9 11/16 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.6522
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #251.1; Shibui, Ukiyo-e zuten Utamaro (1964), 245.1.1; Yoshida, Utamaro zenshû (1941), #128; Ukiyo-e taisei 7 (1931), #396
Signed Utamaro ga
歌麿画
Marks No censor's seal
改印:なし
ProvenancePurchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Y. Sumitomo; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.