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「美南見十二候」 五月 物詣
The Fifth Month, from the series Twelve Months in the South (Minami jûni kô)
「美南見十二候」 五月 物詣
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 x 26.1 cm (15 3/8 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.5607
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #6-3, pl. 103; Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #12.3, pls. 36-7; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #627, pl. LVIII
DescriptionDiptych: 21.5607 (left), 21.5629 (right); no virtual record
MFA impressions:
left sheet: 11.13944, 21.5607
right sheet: 11.30358, 21.5629
MFA impressions:
left sheet: 11.13944, 21.5607
right sheet: 11.30358, 21.5629
Signed
Kiyonaga ga (on each sheet)
清長画
清長画
ProvenanceSeptember 1911, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from the E. F. Fenollosa collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.