The Five Seasonal Festivals: Chysanthemum Festival - 当世立衆見立五節句; 重陽ノ喜久右衛門 (Tosei Tachishu Mitate Gosekku; Choyo no Kikuemon)
Artist
Utagawa Kunisada
(1786 Edo, Japan - 1865 Edo, Japan)
Date1859
Mediumwoodblock print on paper
DimensionsSheet: 14 3/4 × 9 3/4 in. (37.5 × 24.8 cm)
ClassificationsPrints & Printmaking
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, from the collection of Judith Weischel Carr, gift of Peter Eller
Object numberPC2020.5.39
DescriptionA color woodblock print of a figure wearing a large robe with floral print. The figure stands with his arms crossed and each hand tucked in the opposite sleeve of his robe. He carries a sword on his belt and wears a pair of wooden geta (platform sandals) while gazing to his left. The background is dark blue and features several isolated writings in Japanese.On View
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