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Courtesans Inside and Outside a Mosquito Net


蚊帳の内外の遊女
Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1782 (Tenmei 2)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hashira-e; 69.5 x 12.1 cm (27 3/8 x 4 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.5483
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #443 (no photo); Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #474; Pins, The Japanese Pillar Print (1982), #664; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #406, pl. XC
Signed Kiyonaga ga
清長画
ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of Arthur Davison Ficke; February 10, 1920, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding at Ficke sale; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.