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地紙売り
Women on Balcony and Fan Peddler on Street
地紙売り
Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1786 (Tenmei 6)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38.9 x 26.2 cm (15 5/16 x 10 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number11.13903
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #26, pl. 122; Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #34, pls. 49-50; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #792, pl. LXVIII
DescriptionTop sheet of an upright diptych.
MFA imperssions: 11.13903 (top sheet only), 21.7489-90 (complete diptych)
MFA imperssions: 11.13903 (top sheet only), 21.7489-90 (complete diptych)
Signed
Kiyonaga ga (on the fan held by a woman on the balcony)
清長画
清長画
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.