Edo meisho mitate junika gatsu no uchi 江戸名所十二ヶ月の内 (Famous Views of Edo Selected for the Twelve Months), Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1852

Woodblock printed album of twelve prints, oban tate-e. Bust portraits of kabuki actors in character against landscapes; each print associated with a different month. The cartouche in the right upper corner is bordered by objects from the associated play. 1. Asakusa - actor as the courtesan miyagino (play: go taiheiki shiraishi banashi) 2. Oji - ichikawa danjuro viii as kosan no kingoro (play: shinyoshiwara suzume) 3. Fuwa district - ichikawa ebizo v as fuwa banzaemon (play: ukiyozuka hiyoku no inazuma) 4. Kameido - bando hikasaburo iv (?) as teranishi kanshin (play: ?) 5. Takanawa - iwai kumesaburo iii as ofune (play: shinrei yaguchi no watashi) 6. Sanno festival - nakamura utaemon iv as uoya danshichi kurobei (play: yadonashi danshichi shigure no karakasa) 7. Sumida river - ichikawa danjuro viii as motome (play: imoseyama onna teikin, performed at the kawarasaki theatre in the second month of 1852) 8. Main gate of the yoshiwara - actor as kaku no kosan (play: ?) 9. Sugamo - actor as tomoe uchi (play: ?) 10. Umi shizuka tera - ichikawa kodanji iv as asakura (play: higashiyama sakura soshi) 11. Hori no uchi - ichikawa danjuro viii as katsuyori (play: honcho nijushiko) 12. Ryogoku - bando hikasaburo iv as oboshi yuranosuke (play: yayoi no hara iroha no honsetsu). Date: 1852. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Edo meisho mitate junika gatsu no uchi 江戸名所十二ヶ月の内 (Famous Views of Edo Selected for the Twelve Months) (BM 2008,3037.03201 02)