Utagawa Toyokuni I. Early spring, from the series ‘Fashionable twelve months’ / Fan print, 1822.

Title: Early Spring [初春之図] (Hatsuharu no zu); Series: Fashionable Twelve Months [今様十二ヶ月] (Imayo juni-kagetsu). Another version of translation: Modern Beauties of Twelve Months.

Artist: Utagawa Toyokuni I [歌川豊国] (1769–1825).

Pubisher: Ibaya Senzaburō [伊場屋仙三郎] (Japanese, 1815 – 1869), seal: Dansendō [伊場仙].

Signed: Toyokuni ga [豊国画] and sealed with toshidama.

Date-kiwame seal: Ushi (ox), Bunsei 5 (1822).

Size: double-sheet uncut fan print ( aiban uchiwa-e), each 217 x 288 mm.

Ref: Tokyo Museum Collection.

Other five prints of this series: SVJP 0326.2020; SVJP-0362.2022; SVJP-0363.2022; SVJP-0364.2022; SVJP-0365.2022.

Additional information

Collection	Japanese prints and drawings
Type or purpose	Fan, Woodblock print
Period	19 AD, Bunsei era [文政] (04/ 1818 – 12/1830), Early 19th century, Edo Period (1603 – 1868)
Country	Japan
Media	Colour, Ink, Laid paper
Technique	Chromoxylography, Woodblock print (nishiki-e)
Subject	Beautiful woman (bijin-ga), Beauty, Bijin-ga, Birds, Fan print, Longevity, Lunar year, Month, Reiki [霊亀] (spirit turtle), Twelve months
School	Utagawa (歌川)
Artist	Utagawa Toyokuni I [歌川豊国] (Japanese, 1769 – 1825)
Series	Fashionable Twelve Months (Imayo juni-kagetsu)
Publisher	Ibaya Senzaburō [伊場屋仙三郎] (Japanese, fl. 1815 – 1869)
Publishing year	1822, Bunsei 5
Signatures/Inscriptions/Marks	Censor’s seal: kiwame, Date seal, Publisher's seal, Sealed: Toshidama, Toyokuni ga [豊国画]
Size	Fan, Uchiwa-e
Acquisition year	2022

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