
Cleveland Museum of Art
First Bonito of the Year
Utagawa Kunisada
- Date
- 1844–48
- Medium
- color woodblock print
- Culture
- Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
- Department
- Japanese Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Historically, the year's first bonito was available in the fourth lunar month, or around May.
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