Cleveland Museum of Art

First Bonito of the Year

Utagawa KunisadaLinkedCulture matchlcp-c63ece3bcbbf

Date: 1844–48
Medium: color woodblock print
Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
Department: Japanese Art
Institution: Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID: 118812

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A woman in traditional Japanese attire is seated on a cloud, preparing food.

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Historically, the year's first bonito was available in the fourth lunar month, or around May.

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Credit line: Bequest of James Parmelee
Provenance: ?–1940: James Parmelee [1855–1931], Cleveland, OH and Washington, DC, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 1940–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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