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Chinese Boys Pulling a Flower Float, from an untitled series of Chinese Children (Karako)


唐子遊び 花車をひく唐子たち
Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1790 (Kansei 2)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical chûban; 26.2 x 19.6 cm (10 5/16 x 7 11/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.5573
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #163-6 (no photo); Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #201.6, pl. 93; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #251, pl. XIX
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.19351, 21.5573, 54.374
Signed Kiyonaga ga
清長画
ProvenanceFebruary 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from J. Clarence Webster Collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.