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Geisha Boarding a Boat


船に乗る藝者
Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1782 (Tenmei 2)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hashira-e; 69.9 x 12.1 cm (27 1/2 x 4 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.5531
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #432 (no photo); Yonemura et al., Masterful Illusions (2002), #113; Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #463, pl. 23; Pins, The Japanese Pillar Print (1982), #627; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #395, pl. LXXXIX
Signed Kiyonaga ga
清長画
ProvenancePurchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from W. L. Keane collection (lot #623); December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.