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A Matchmaking Meeting at a Teahouse by a Shrine

A Matchmaking Meeting at a Teahouse by a Shrine

社頭の見合

Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1784 (Tenmei 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 39.4 x 26.2 cm (15 1/2 x 10 5/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.5574

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #16, pl. 111; Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #22; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #643, pl. LXVI

DescriptionDiptych: 06.1124 (left sheet), 21.5574 (right sheet); no virtual record

Signed Kiyonaga ga
清長画

ProvenanceJune 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Sumitomo collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.