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Young Woman Untying Her Obi


帯を解く美人
Torii Kiyomitsu I (Japanese, 1735–1785)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1755–64 (Hôreki 5–14)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (benizuri-e); ink and limited color on paper
Dimensions Hashira-e; 67.1 x 9.3 cm (26 7/16 x 3 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.5466
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Asano, "Hashira-e," in Ukiyo-e Art 87 (1986), p. 21, fig. 2; Pins, The Japanese Pillar Print (1982), #116
DescriptionThe impression in TNM has the publisher's mark "Tomita."
Signed Torii Kiyomitsu ga
鳥居清満画
Marks No publisher's mark
Artist's seal: Kiyomitsu
版元:なし
InscriptionsPoem: Utsukushii/ mono no tane nari/ bijinsô
「美(うつく)しい物(もの)の種(たね)なり美人草(びじんそう)」
ProvenanceFebruary 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from J. Clarence Webster Collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.