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RISDM 30-039-11abc.tif

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川 国貞 (Toyokuni III)

The third month: The Doll Festival (弥生 雛祭 Yayoi: Hina matsuri)

Description

Maker

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川 国貞 (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786-1865, b. in Edo)
Tsutaya Kichizō 蔦屋吉蔵 (Japanese, c. 1830-1859, active in Edo, Japan), publisher
Yokokawa Takejirō 横川彫武 (Active in Edo in the mid-1800s), block carver

Title

The third month: The Doll Festival (弥生 雛祭 Yayoi: Hina matsuri)
from the series The Twelve Months (十二月ノ内 Jūni tsuki no uchi)
Junikagetsu no uchi

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Year

1854

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink, color

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Dimensions

Vertical ōban triptych: 36.5 x 74.8 cm (14 3/8 x 29 7/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: Toyokuni ga

Seals: Engraver's seal | Horitake; censor's seal | aratame; date seal | 1854.4

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Marshall H. Gould

Object Number

30.039.11

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Kunisada's Twelve Month Series
Oct 10, 2008 – Feb 01, 2009

Label copy

The Doll Festival, which celebrated the young girls of the household, took place on the third day of the third month, when the flowering peach trees (momo) are in bloom. The customary display of dolls and other miniature objects is suggested on the left, where a corner of a tiny palanquin (an enclosed conveyance on poles supported by bearers and used to transport a seated person) supports a tiered arrangement of dolls representing the imperial court.

Kunisada's Twelve Months
Images of Women in Japanese Woodblock Prints
Mar 07, 1997 – May 03, 1997
The Twelve Months at Home
Mar 27, 1992 – May 17, 1992

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Utagawa Kunisada 歌川 国貞 (Toyokuni III) (Japanese, 1786-1865, b. in Edo)
Tsutaya Kichizō 蔦屋吉蔵 (Japanese, c. 1830-1859, active in Edo, Japan), publisher
Yokokawa Takejirō 横川彫武 (Active in Edo in the mid-1800s), block carver
The third month: The Doll Festival (弥生 雛祭 Yayoi: Hina matsuri); from the series The Twelve Months (十二月ノ内 Jūni tsuki no uchi); Junikagetsu no uchi, 1854
Polychrome woodblock print
Vertical ōban triptych: 36.5 x 74.8 cm (14 3/8 x 29 7/16 inches)
Gift of Marshall H. Gould 30.039.11

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