| Maker(s): | Suzuki Harunobu
| | Culture: | Japanese (1724-1770)
| | Title: | Shogatsu: Chikuma Uguisu [The First Month: A Warbler in the Bamboo], from the series Fuzoku Shiki Kasen [Popular Customs and the Poetic Immortals in the Four Seasons]
| | Date Made: | ca. 1767-1768
| | Type: | Print
| | Materials: | Woodblock print (woodcut); nishiki-e, ink and colors on paper
| | Place Made: | Asia; Japan
| | Measurements: | Sheet/Image: 10 7/8 in x 8 1/16 in; 27.6 cm x 20.5 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | SIGNATURE: recto, ctr. r. (black ink): [Japanese character, Harunobu ga]; TITLE: recto, upp. r. (black ink): [Japanese character, Fuzoku / Shiki Kasen]; TITLE: recto, upp. r. (black ink): [Japanese character, Chikuma Uguisu / Shogatsu]; INSCRIPTION: recto, upp. ctr. (black ink): [Japanese character, [ill.]].
| | Accession Number: | MH 1973.248.Q.RII
| | Credit Line: | Gift of Mrs. Louis C. Black
| | Museum Collection: | Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Vertical chuban size, nishiki-e. A woman kneeling on the ground and having a flower in her hand, while looking at another woman standing to the side, who points at a warbler in the bamboo inside red fences. Water in the background and inscriptions in the cloud above.
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