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「当世遊里美人合 橘妓」
Geisha of Tachibana-chô (Kitsugi), from the series Contest of Contemporary Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Tôsei yûri bijin awase)
「当世遊里美人合 橘妓」
Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1782 (Tenmei 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.9 x 25.8 cm (14 15/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.1281
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #1-6, pl. 069; Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #3.6, pl. 17; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #332, pl. LI
DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.1281, 11.13890
Signed
Kiyonaga ga (on each sheet)
清長画
清長画
ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross