Tanabata, from the series Five Festivals in the Mirror of the Floating World (Go Sekku ukiyo kagami)

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Tanabata, from the series Five Festivals in the Mirror of the Floating World (Go Sekku ukiyo kagami)

「五節句浮世鏡」　七夕

Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, early 1750s–1806)
Publisher: Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1805 (Bunka 2)

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

Dimensions Vertical aiban; 32.2 x 22.8 cm (12 11/16 x 9 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 Number54.279

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné The series: Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #250 (this design not listed)

Signed Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆

Marks No censor's seal
改印：なし

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