The Fourth Month (Shigatsu), from the series "The Twelve Months (Juni toki)"

Q: When was "The Fourth Month (Shigatsu), from the series "The Twelve Months (Juni toki)"" created?

This artwork was created c. 1791.

Q: Is "The Fourth Month (Shigatsu), from the series "The Twelve Months (Juni toki)"" in the public domain?

Yes, The Fourth Month (Shigatsu), from the series "The Twelve Months (Juni toki)" is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Chôbunsai Eishi

c. 1791

Medium

Color woodblock print; chuban

Dimensions

24.8 × 19.1 cm (9 3/4 × 7 1/2 in.)

Classification

woodblock print

Department

Arts of Asia

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

77452

About the Artist

Chôbunsai Eishi · 1756–1829

Chôbunsai Eishi, born Hosoda Tokitomi in 1756 to a prosperous samurai family of the Fujiwara clan in Edo, inherited a substantial stipend of 500 koku of rice annually. His grandfather had served as the shogunate's Treasury Minister, and upon his father Hosoda Tokiyuki's death in 1772, Eishi became family head while holding a position in Shogun Tokugawa Ieharu's palace from 1781. Unusually for a uk...

The Fourth Month (Shigatsu), from the series "The Twelve Months (Juni toki)"

Send Feedback