Title : Satsuki 皐月 (The Fifth Month) / Junitsuki no uchi 十二月之内 (The Twelve Months)

Artist : Utagawa Kunisada

Date : 1840

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Source : British Museum
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Description : Colour woodblock print, oban. The kabuki actors Ichimura Uzaemon XII as Shoki, the Demon Queller, and Nakamura Utaemon IV as ‘Ao oni’ (the blue demon), illustrating the 5th month (‘satsuki’) (皐月), from a hengemono dance featuring the twelve months called ‘Hana kyodai nenju gyoji’ (花きょうだい十二月所作); performed at the Ichimura-za in the 3rd month of 1840 (Tenpo 11).

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