id:			118812
accession number:	1940.1013
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1940.1013
updated:		2024-04-24 11:46:22.050000

First Bonito of the Year, 1844–48. Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese, 1786–1865). Color woodblock print; 35.3 x 24.2 cm (13 7/8 x 9 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of James Parmelee 1940.1013

title:				First Bonito of the Year
title in original language:	初松魚
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creation date:			1844–48
creation date earliest:		1844
creation date latest:		1848
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creditline:			Bequest of James Parmelee
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culture:	Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
technique:	color woodblock print
department:	Japanese Art
collection:	Japanese Art
type:		Print
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CREATORS

* Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese, 1786–1865)  - artist

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measurements: 35.3 x 24.2 cm (13 7/8 x 9 1/2 in.)
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	inscription:	Signature: Kunisada - second generation Toyokuni
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	James Parmelee [1855–1931], Cleveland, OH and Washington, DC, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?–1940
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1940–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Milliken, William M., Henry S. Francis, Howard Hollis, Gertrude Underhill, Silvia A. Wunderlich, and Nell G. Sill. “The Bequest of James Parmelee.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 28, no. 2 (February 1941): 15–31.
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	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25140904

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