Nigatsu, The Second Month (or: Boy with Mother Preparing Flag for Inari shrine)

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Nigatsu, The Second Month (or: Boy with Mother Preparing Flag for Inari shrine)

c. 1790-1791

Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, 1753–1806) Published by Wakasaya Yoichi, Jakurindō

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Object Details

Titles:

Nigatsu, The Second Month (or: Boy with Mother Preparing Flag for Inari shrine)
From an untitled series of 12 Months

Date:

c. 1790-1791

Artists:

Kitagawa Utamaro I (Japanese, 1753–1806) Published by Wakasaya Yoichi, Jakurindō

Medium:

Color woodcut

Dimensions:

Chūban tate-e: 10 3/16 x 7 5/8 inches (25.9 x 19.4 cm)

Classification:

Prints

Credit Line:

Gift of Mrs. Emile Geyelin in memory of Anne Hampton Barnes, 1960

Accession Number:

1960-17-40

Geography:

Made in Japan, Asia

Context:

Period: Edo Period (1615-1868)

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