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Courtesan Visiting a Shrine, from the series Twelve Scenes of Popular Customs (Fûzoku jûni tsui)


「風俗十二通意」 初午詣の女
Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1783 (Tenmei 3)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hashira-e; 68.2 x 11.7 cm (26 7/8 x 4 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.5543
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #484-2 (no photo); Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #511.2; Pins, The Japanese Pillar Print (1982), #596; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #525, pl. XCV
Signed Kiyonaga ga
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.