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Murasaki Shikibu at Ishiyama-dera Temple, from an untitled series of classical beauties

Murasaki Shikibu at Ishiyama-dera Temple, from an untitled series of classical beauties

平安朝の美人　紫式部

Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1784 (Tenmei 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 33.2 x 23.8 cm (13 1/16 x 9 3/8 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number11.1882

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #7-3, pl. 181; Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #15; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #636, pl. LX

DescriptionPrints in the set:
Ono no Komachi, 21.5479
Lady Ise (or Akazome Emon?), 21.5613
Murasaki Shikibu, 11.1882
Kunai-kyô (or Sei Shônagon?), 34.1289
Nyosan no Miya, 19.61

Signed Kiyonaga ga
清長画