- Title:
- The Five Festivals series, Double Third Festival
- Artist:
- Utagawa Kunisada
- Date:
- c.1815-42
- Size:
- W:25.5cm x H:37.1cm
- Notes:
- Number:
- E-013
The Five Festivals (“gosekku”) are days on which annual events are held to mark the changing of the seasons. The “Double Third Festival” is held on March 3 of the lunar calendar. This print depicts kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjuro VII, who was very popular with women, standing next to a beautifully blo