First Bonito of the Year
Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese, 1786–1865)
1844–48
- Medium
- color woodblock print
- Classification
- Dimensions
- 35.3 x 24.2 cm (13 7/8 x 9 1/2 in.)
- Culture
- Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Japanese Art
- Credit line
- Bequest of James Parmelee
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed
View at the Cleveland Museum of Art
About this work
Historically, the year's first bonito was available in the fourth lunar month, or around May.
