Kitagawa Utamaro I (1750s-1806)


Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1790-1791A set of 12 chuban tate-e prints; Shogatsu (The First Month); Nigatsu (The Second Month); Shigatsu (The Fourth Month); Gogatsu (The Fifth Month); Rokugatsu (The Sixth Month); Shichigatsu (The Seventh Month); Hachigatsu (The Eighth Month); Kugatsu (The Ninth Month); Jugatsu (The Tenth Month); Juichigatsu (The 11th Month); Junigatsu (The 12th Month); each from an untitled series of Customs of the Twelve Months, with Comic Poems, signed Utamaro ga; the last titled Juni ko kagetsu (the Twelve Months of Plowing Flowers), signed Utamaro hitsu; each published by Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindo) (12) 9 1/2 x 6 3/4in (24.2 x 17cm) each approximately