The Ninth Month: The Dance of the Chrysanthemum Boy, Performed on a Stage (Kyûgatsu jidô no odori yatai), from an untitled series of Niwaka festival dances representing the Twelve Months

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The Ninth Month: The Dance of the Chrysanthemum Boy, Performed on a Stage (Kyûgatsu jidô no odori yatai), from an untitled series of Niwaka festival dances representing the Twelve Months

仁和嘉狂言　「九月　じどうのおとり屋たい」

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849)
Publisher: Tsutaya Jûzaburô (Kôshodô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1793 (Kansei 5)

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

Dimensions Vertical chûban; 22.4 x 16.8 cm (8 13/16 x 6 5/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.10197

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Hokusai Updated (2019), #50; Ukiyo-e shûka 16 (1981), p. 227, vertical chûban #11.11; the series: Lane, Hokusai Life and Work (1989), Appendix II, list #28

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.19935, 21.10197

Signed Shunrô ga
春朗画

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

ProvenanceFebruary 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from J. Clarence Webster Collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.