Month of Cherry Blossoms [Third Month]

The Five Festivals

Information

Title Month of Cherry Blossoms [Third Month] Sakurazuki さくら月
Series title The Five Festivals
Artist Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) 歌川国貞 (三代目豊国) (1786–1865)
Date c. 1851 or later
Publisher Kiya Sōjirō (Kōbokudō) 木屋宗次郎 (紅木堂)
City Edo
Signature Ichiyōsai Toyokuni ga 一陽斎豊国画
Censorship seal(s) Muramatsu, Fuku 村松 福
Publisher’s seal(s) Bakuro Yon Kiya han 馬喰四木屋版
Technique & material Woodblock print; full colour print; pigment on paper
Format ōban
Object number SH2018-DM-070
Credit Line Gift of Muck and Mieke Douma
Provenance Gifted to the Japan Museum SieboldHuis in April 2018 by Muck and Mieke Douma

Description

Reissue after publisher Kiya Sōjirō bought the printing blocks from Enshūya Hikobei.