# First Bonito of the Year

- By: Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese, 1786–1865)
- Date: 1844–48
- Medium: color woodblock print
- Classification: Print
- Dimensions: 35.3 x 24.2 cm (13 7/8 x 9 1/2 in.)
- Culture: Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
- Credit line: Bequest of James Parmelee
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1940.1013)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1940.1013/1940.1013_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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