Advanced Search
Advanced Search

Lady Ise Watching Flying Geese, from an untitled series of classical beauties


平安朝の美人 伊勢
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; 38.8 x 26 cm (15 1/4 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.5613
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #7-2, pl. 180; Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #14, pl. 40; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #635, pl. LX
DescriptionPrints in the set:
Ono no Komachi, 21.5479
Lady Ise (or Akazome Emon?), 21.5613
Murasaki Shikibu, 11.1882
Kunai-kyô (or Sei Shônagon?), 34.1289
Nyosan no Miya, 19.61
Signed Kiyonaga ga
清長画
Marks Collector's seal: Hayashi Tadamasa
ProvenanceJune 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Sumitomo collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.