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平安朝の美人 女三宮
The Third Princess (Nyosan no Miya) and Her Cat, from an untitled series of classical beauties
平安朝の美人 女三宮
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; 38.9 x 26 cm (15 5/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Francis Gardner Curtis Fund
Accession Number19.61
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Golden Age (2010), #13; Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #7-5, pl. 183; Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #17, pl. 41; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #638, 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
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
清長画
Provenance1919, sold by Mr. Lodge to the MFA (Accession Date: February 27, 1919)