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The Charms of the Southeast (Tatsumi no en), from the series Contest of Contemporary Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Tôsei yûri bijin awase)


「当世遊里美人合 辰巳艶」
Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1781 (An'ei 10/Tenmei 1)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38.8 x 25.9 cm (15 1/4 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.5577
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #1-3, pl. 066; Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #3.3, pl. 16; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #329, pl. LI
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.