Catalog record · 目録番号 2533

The 12 Months

水無月

Artist / 作者: Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)歌川国貞（三代歌川豊国）
Date / 年代: 1840
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Edo / bm
Digital image / 画像: 750 × 1081 px
Published by / 公開者: 白石カナ

Catalog note / 解説

Colour woodblock print, oban diptych. The kabuki actors (from left) Ichimura Uzaemon XII and Nakamura Utaemon IV as two ‘yakko’ footmen dancing at a summer festival, a dance section called ‘yatoi yakko’, illustrating the 6th month (‘minazuki’), from a hengemono dance featuring the twelve months called ‘Hana kyodai nenju gyoji’; performed at the Ichimura-za in the 3rd month of 1840 (Tenpo 11).

Image record / 画像情報

BM · 1840 · bm

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