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The Fifth Month.

The Fifth Month.

Shared By: LibraryOfCongress Collection 12-15-2009

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• color
• three
• month
• japanese
• men
• japan
• woodcut
• edo
• hokusai
• wrestling
• katsushika
• fifth
• brothel

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TITLE:  Gogatsu no buTITLE TRANSLATION:  The fifth month. CALL NUMBER:  FP 2 - JPD, no. 272 (A size) [P&P]Restricted access; material extremely fragile; please use online digital image. REPRODUCTION NUMBER:  LC-DIG-jpd-00275 (digital file from original print) RIGHTS INFORMATION:  No known restrictions on publication. SUMMARY:  Print shows three men wrestling at a brothel. MEDIUM:  1 print : woodcut, color ; 22 x 15.5 cm. CREATED/PUBLISHED:  [1791 or 1792] CREATOR: Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849, artist. NOTES: Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From the series: Yoshiwara niwaka : Blossoms of the yoshiwara. Format: vertical Koban Nishikie. Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress). SUBJECTS: Men--Social life--Japan--1790-1800. Brothels--Japan--1790-1800. FORMAT: Ukiyo-e Japanese 1790-1800.Woodcuts Japanese Color 1790-1800. REPOSITORY:  Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print DIGITAL ID:  (digital file from original print) jpd 00275 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/jpd.00275 CONTROL #:  2009615265