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「児女宝訓女今川 一 正直にして衰へたる人を軽しむる事」
Scorning a Poor but Honest Person (Shôjiki ni shite otoroetaru hito o karoshimuru koto), from the series A Treasury of Admonitions to Young Ladies (Jijo hôkun onna Imagawa)
「児女宝訓女今川 一 正直にして衰へたる人を軽しむる事」
Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1780 (An'ei 9)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 26.1 x 19.3 cm (10 1/4 x 7 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.5584
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #184-6 (no photo); Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #233.6, pl. 128; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #662, pl. XXXV
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.19403, 21.5584
Signed
Kiyonaga ga
清長画
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.