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The Kamioki Ceremony, from the series Current Manners in Eastern Brocade (Fûzoku Azuma no nishiki)


「風俗東之錦」 髪置
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 x 25.9 cm (14 15/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.5632
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #3-17, pl. 096; Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #8.17, pl. 34; Genshoku ukiyo-e dai hyakka jiten 5 (1980), #525; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #588, pl. LVI
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.13948, 21.5632
Signed Kiyonaga ga
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.