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First Bonito of the Year

初松魚

1844–48

Utagawa Kunisada 歌川 国貞

(Japanese, 1786–1865)

Japan, Edo period

(1615-1868)

Color woodblock print

35.3 x 24.2 cm (13 7/8 x 9 1/2 in.)

Bequest of James Parmelee 1940.1013

Location

not on view

Fun Fact

Historically, the year's first bonito was available in the fourth lunar month, or around May.

Inscriptions

Inscription

Signature: Kunisada - second generation Toyokuni

Provenance
?–1940
James Parmelee [1855–1931], Cleveland, OH and Washington, DC, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
1940–
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Citations
Milliken, William M., Henry S. Francis, Howard Hollis, Gertrude Underhill, Silvia A. Wunderlich, and Nell G. Sill. “The Bequest of James Parmelee.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 28, no. 2 (February 1941): 15–31. www.jstor.org
Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1940.1013