Twilight Snow of the Floss-stretching Form (Nurioke bosetsu), from the series Eight Views of the Parlor (Zashiki hakkei)

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Twilight Snow of the Floss-stretching Form (Nurioke bosetsu), from the series Eight Views of the Parlor (Zashiki hakkei)

「座敷八景　塗桶暮雪」

Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1778 (An'ei 7)

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

Dimensions Vertical chûban; 26.4 x 19 cm (10 3/8 x 7 1/2 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.5587

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #157-7 (no photo); Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #186.7, pl. 77; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #124, pl. XIV

DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.19354, 21.5587

Signed Kiyonaga ga
清長画

InscriptionsPpoem: Fuji no yama/ fumoto wa kuraki/ yûgure no/ sora sarige naki/ yuki o miru ka na.

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.