The Fifth Month: Hanamurasaki of the Tamaya (Gogatsu, Tamaya uchi Hanamurasaki), from the series Comparison of the Charms of Flowers of the Five Festivals (Iro kurabe Gosetsu hanayose)

「色競五節花よせ　五月　玉屋内　花紫」

Kitagawa Utamaro II (Japanese, ?–1831?)

Japanese

Edo period

after 1806 (Bunka 3)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37 x 24.7 cm (14 9/16 x 9 3/4 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number06.618

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné The series: Ukiyo-e shûka 3 (1978), list #598 (this design not listed)

Signed Utamaro hitsu
歌麿筆

Marks No censor's seal
No publisher's mark
改印：なし
版元：なし

ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross