Twelfth Month: Woman Making Mochibana, or New Year Decorations with Rice Balls, from the series Twelve Modern Months

Artist/Maker Chōkōsai Eishō 鳥高斎栄昌 (Japanese, active 1792–1801)

Publisher Enomotoya Kichibei 榎本屋吉兵衛

Datelate 1790s

MediumColor woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

DimensionsVertical koban; overall: 9 3/16 × 6 15/16 in. (23.3 × 17.6 cm)

Credit LineMary A. Ainsworth Bequest

PortfolioTwelve Modern Months (Fuzoku junikagatsu)

Object number1950.457

Status

Not on view

Collections

Asian

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