A Scene of the Southern Station (Minami eki no kei), from the series Contest of Contemporary Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Tôsei yûri bijin awase)

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A Scene of the Southern Station (Minami eki no kei), from the series Contest of Contemporary Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Tôsei yûri bijin awase)

「当世遊里美人合　南駅景」

Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1783 (Tenmei 3)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 39.4 x 26.3 cm (15 1/2 x 10 3/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.5641

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #1-13, pl. 075; Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #3.13, pl. 2; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #339, pl. LII

DescriptionMFA impressions: 06.1268, 21.5641

Signed Kiyonaga ga
清長画

ProvenanceMarch 1914, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from H. Appleton collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.