Utagawa Kunisada. Scene in the Fourth Month (Uzuki no zu), 1819.

Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese: 歌川国貞; also known as Utagawa Toyokuni III (三代歌川豊国); 1786 – 12 January 1865).

A man with a shaved head (a monk), holding a paper lantern and an umbrella, walks with a young woman (a geisha) in the rain.

SIGNED: Gototei Kunisada ga [五渡亭国貞画]

Censor’s seals: kiwame, futakata.

Blockcutter’s mark: Seizô tô [改印：極、貳方]

MFA ACCESSION NUMBER 11.15150; MFA dating: about 1815–21 (Bunka 12–Bunsei 4);

Size: Vertical Ōban (382 x 260 mm).

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Collection	Japanese prints and drawings
Country	Japan
Period	19 AD, Edo Period (1603 – 1868)
Publishing year	1819
Artist	Utagawa Kunisada [歌川国貞] a.k.a. Utagawa Toyokuni III [三代歌川豊国] (Japanese, 1786 – 1865)
Publisher	Uemura Yohei
School	Utagawa (歌川)
Subject	Beautiful woman (bijin-ga), Geisha (芸者), Monk, Paper lantern, Rain, Umbrella
Media	Colour, Ink, Paper, Woodblock print
Signatures/Inscriptions/Marks	Blockcutter's mark: Seizô tô [改印：極、貳方], Censor's seals: kiwame, futakata, Gototei Kunisada ga [五渡亭国貞画]
Size	382 x 260 mm, Vertical Ōban
Acquisition year	2020
De-acquisition	Sold

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