Five Festivals (Gosekku no uchi 五節句の內)
Five Festivals (Gosekku no uchi 五節句の內)

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Chrysanthemum Festival ( Ninth day of the ninth month; Chōyō 重陽), from the set Five Festivals (Gosek’ku no uchi 五節句の內),

1849

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Utagawa Toyokuni III 三代歌川豊国), 1786–1865; born and died Tokyo, Japan
Utagawa Kunichika 豊原国周, 1835–1900
Chōkō Fusajirō 彫工房次郎
Ibaya Senzaburō 伊場屋仙三郎 (Dansendō 団扇堂), ca. 1810s–1850s
Japanese
Edo period, 1603–1868
2017-7.5

Information

Title
Chrysanthemum Festival ( Ninth day of the ninth month; Chōyō 重陽), from the set Five Festivals (Gosek’ku no uchi 五節句の內)
Dates

1849

Maker
Utagawa Kunisada 歌川国貞 (Utagawa Toyokuni III 三代歌川豊国)
Utagawa Kunichika 豊原国周
Ibaya Senzaburō 伊場屋仙三郎 (Dansendō 団扇堂)
Medium
Woodblock print (aiban uchiwa-e 合判団扇絵 format); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
23.2 × 30.2 cm (9 1/8 × 11 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, The Anne van Biema Collection Fund
Object Number
2017-7.5
Place Made

Asia, Japan

Signatures
Signed: Kōchō Toyokuni ga 香蝶豊国画 Painting-in-painting signed: Monjin Hanbusa Ittō [Utagawa Kunichika] ga 門人英一桃画
Marks/Labels/Seals
Seal: Ibaya Senzaburō 伊場屋仙三郎 (Dansendō 団扇堂) – fan-shaped seal with three lines in a circle Censor: Yoshimura Gentarō (left) – “Yoshimura” Censor: Kinugasa Fusajirō 衣笠房次郎 (act. 1843–1852) (right) – “Kinugasu”
Culture
Japanese
Period
Edo (Japanese period)
Type
woodblock prints, prints
Materials
paper (fiber product), ink, pigment
Techniques
block printing
Subject
festivals, actors, portraits, paintings

–2017 Sebastian Izzard, LLC, Asian Art (New York, NY), sold to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2016.

Chrysanthemum Festival ( Ninth day of the ninth month; Chōyō 重陽)

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