6404839 irst Month: New Year Visits in Nicho-machi from the series Actors in the Twelve Months, 1809 (woodblock print on paper) by Toyokuni, Utagawa (1769-1825); 37.5x76.7 cm; Maidstone Museum and Art Gallery, Kent, UK; (add.info.: Actors in the Twelve Months (Yakusha juni tsuki). From a series of 36 prints (Sanjurokuban tsuzuki). First Month: New Year Visits in Nicho-machi (Shogatsu: Nicho-machi nenrei no zu). Triptych. From a set each representing one of the twelve months. Kabuki actors greeting each other and carrying (men) swords and closed fans and (women) battledore (hagoita). Publisher: Ezakiya Kichibei. Kiwame seal. Toyokuni, Utagawa I); by Maidstone Museum and Art Gallery.