The Third Month

The Five Festivals Compared to the Eastern Genji

Information

Title	The Third Month Yayoi 弥生
Series title	The Five Festivals Compared to the Eastern Genji 阿都摩 [あつま] 源氏見立五節句
Artist	Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) 歌川国貞 (三代目豊国) (1786–1865)
Date	6/1855
Publisher	Yamadaya Shōjirō (Kinkyōdō) 山田屋庄次郎 (錦橋堂)
Woodcarver	Yokogawa Takejirō 横川竹二郎
City	Edo

Signature	Toyokuni ga 豊國画
Censorship seal(s)	aratame Hare 6 改卯六
Publisher’s seal(s)	Shō Yamadaya 庄山田屋
Blockcutter’s (and/or) printer’s) seal(s)	hori Take 彫竹

Technique & material	Woodblock print; full colour print; pigment on paper
Format	ōban triptych

Object number	SH2018-DM-210
Credit Line	Gift of Muck and Mieke Douma
Provenance	Gifted to the Japan Museum SieboldHuis in April 2018 by Muck and Mieke Douma