The Seventh Month (<i>Fumizuki</i> - 文月) from the series <i>The Twelve Months</i> (<i>Jūnika tsuki no uchi</i> - 十二ヶ月之内)
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Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞) / Toyokuni III (三代豊国) (artist 1786 – 01/12/1865)

The Seventh Month (Fumizuki - 文月) from the series The Twelve Months (Jūnika tsuki no uchi - 十二ヶ月之内)

Print

1851
10 in x 14 in (Overall dimensions) color woodblock print
Signed: Toyokuni ga (豊国画)
Publisher: Minatoya Kohei (Marks 332 - seal 24-074)
Censor seals: Mera and Watanabe
Ukiyoe ni kiku
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Keio University Library "Fumizuki" signified the "month of poetry" and study and literacy of the 7th month. This is the month in which Tanabata festival is celebrated, when poems and wishes are written on paper slips and tied to tree branches.

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Illustrated in a small black and white reproduction in the Illustrated Catalogues of Tokyo National Museum: Ukiyo-e Prints (3), #2940.
Minatoya Kohei (湊屋小兵衛) (publisher)
Genji related prints (Genji-e - 源氏絵) (genre)