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Viewing Bush Clover, from the series Current Manners in Eastern Brocade (Fûzoku Azuma no nishiki)


「風俗東之錦」 萩見
Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1785 (Tenmei 5)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 39.4 x 26.7 cm (15 1/2 x 10 1/2 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.5494
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné MFA, Golden Age (2010), #17; Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list 3-19, pl. 099; Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #8.19; Ukiyo-e shûka 11 (1979), pls. 35-6; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #590, pl. LVII
DescriptionDiptych: 21.5494 (left), 21.5627 (right); no VR, matted separately

MFA impressions: 11.13879 (right), 21.1798 (left); 21.5494 (left), 21.5627 (right)
Signed Kiyonaga ga
清長画
ProvenanceAugust 1919, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frederick W. Gookin; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.