The Twelve Months
(Jûni tsuki no uchi, 十二月の内)
Publisher: Yamaguchi-ya Tobei
c. 1831
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This series is not listed in Kuniyoshi by Basil William Robinson (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1961). The prints are each about 14 by 10 inches (36 by 25 centimeters), a size known as ôban. |
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First month (正月) |
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Second month (二月) |
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Third month (三月) |
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Fourth
month (四月) NOTE: Of the illustrated images, this is the only one with a
publisher’s seal or a kiwame
seal. |
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Fifth
month (五月) |
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Sixth
month (六月) |
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Seventh month (七月) |
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Eighth
month (八月) |
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Nineth
month (九月) |
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Tenth
month (十月) |
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Eleventh month (十一月) |
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Twelfth
month (十二月) |
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Some of the prints have a continuation of the image from another
print, indicating that they were intended to be diptychs.
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