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Geisha Standing by a Folding Screen


屏風の前に立つ芸者
Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1784 (Tenmei 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hashira-e; 70.1 x 11.9 cm (27 5/8 x 4 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.5544
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #498 (no photo); Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #525; Pins, The Japanese Pillar Print (1982), #636; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #682, pl. XCVIII
Signed Kiyonaga ga (at left, almost cut off)
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.