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.
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Other five prints of this series: SVJP 0326.2020; SVJP-0362.2022; SVJP-0363.2022; SVJP-0364.2022; SVJP-0365.2022.
Additional Information
| Collection | Fan print (Uchiwa-e) [団扇絵] , Japanese prints and drawings |
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| Type / Purpose | Fan , Woodblock print |
| Period | 19 AD , Bunsei era [文政] (1818–1830) , Early 19th century , Edo period [江戸時代] (1603–1868) |
| Country | Japan |
| Media/Technique | Chromoxylography , Colour , Ink , Laid paper , 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) |
| Series | Fashionable Twelve Months (Imayo juni-kagetsu) |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1822 , Bunsei 5 |
| Signature | Censor’s seal: kiwame , Date seal , Publisher's seal , Sealed: Toshidama , Toyokuni ga [豊国画] |
| Size | Fan , Uchiwa-e |
| Acquisition year | 2022 |
