Miburu juni omoi gatsu 身振十二おもい月 (Actors Caricatured as the Months), Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1847-1848 (circa)

Woodblock print, oban tate-e. Month 5: the actors nakamura utaemon iv as shoki (upper right) and seki sanjuro iii as agari kabuto (upper left). Month 4: the actors bando shuka imitating a bird (lower right) and matsumoto kinsho, stripped to the waist (lower left). Date: 1847-1848 (circa). Dimensions: Height: 36.40 centimetres Width: 24.80 centimetres. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Miburu juni omoi gatsu 身振十二おもい月 (Actors Caricatured as the Months) (BM 2008,3037.05901)