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蚊帳の外に文読み美人
Courtesan Reading a Letter under a Mosquito Net
蚊帳の外に文読み美人
Torii Kiyomasu I (Japanese, active about 1696–1716)
Japanese
Edo period
1710s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (tan-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color
Dimensions
Vertical ô-ôban; 46.6 x 31.7 cm (18 3/8 x 12 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.1337
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
TNM Ukiyo-e cat. 1 (1960), #62 (intact); Ukiyo-e zenshû (1957), pl. 30 (intact)
DescriptionOn the missing bottom section is the mark of publisher Nakajimaya.
Signed
Torii Kiyomasu
鳥居清倍
鳥居清倍
Marks
Artist's seal: Kiyomasu
ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross