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「風俗東之錦」 帯解
The Obitoki Ceremony, from the series Current Manners in Eastern Brocade (Fûzoku Azuma no nishiki)
「風俗東之錦」 帯解
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 ôban; 38.5 x 26.3 cm (15 3/16 x 10 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.5622
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Golden Age (2010), #18; Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #3-18, pl. 098; Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #8.18, pl. 4; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #589, pl. LVI
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.13960, 21.5622
A seven-year-old girl wore an adult-style obi for the first time when she visited the shrine for the Shichigosan festival.
A seven-year-old girl wore an adult-style obi for the first time when she visited the shrine for the Shichigosan festival.
Signed
Kiyonaga ga
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.