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「誹風柳多留 おさらばを障子のうちでたんと言ひ」
Seeing Off an Unwelcome Guest, from the series Humorous Poems of the Willow (Haifû yanagidaru)
「誹風柳多留 おさらばを障子のうちでたんと言ひ」
Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1785 (Tenmei 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 26.5 x 19.5 cm (10 7/16 x 7 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.5583
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #186-4 (no photo); Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #236.4, pl. 48; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #725, pl. XXXVII
DescriptionThe series title refers to a collection of humorous poems issued annually from 1765 on by Karai Senryû (1719-1790) and his followers.
Signed
Kiyonaga ga
清長画
清長画
InscriptionsPoem: Osaraba o/ shôji no uchi de/ tanto ii
おさらばを障子のうちでたんと言ひ
おさらばを障子のうちでたんと言ひ
ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.