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三味線を弾く初代尾上松助と遊女
Actor Onoe Matsusuke I Playing the Shamisen, with a Courtesan and a Kamuro
三味線を弾く初代尾上松助と遊女
Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1781–2 (Tenmei 1–2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical aiban; 33.2 x 23.1 cm (13 1/16 x 9 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.5499
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #153-5 (no photo); Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #173, pl. 173; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #438, pl. XLIX
Signed
Kiyonaga ga
清長画
清長画
ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.