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文書く新造を見ている遊女
Courtesan Watching Shinzô Write a Letter
文書く新造を見ている遊女
Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1781 (An'ei 10/Tenmei 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Hashira-e; 69 x 12.5 cm (27 3/16 x 4 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.5521
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #425 (no photo); Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #456; Pins, The Japanese Pillar Print (1982), #658; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #323, pl. LXXXVIII
Signed
Kiyonaga ga
清長画
清長画
ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.