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「新吉原大門口」
The Main Gate, New Yoshiwara (Shin Yoshiwara Ômon-guchi)
「新吉原大門口」
Torii Kiyotada I (Japanese, active about 1720–1750)
Publisher: Urokogataya Magobei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Sekine Shintarô (Japanese)
Publisher: Urokogataya Magobei (Japanese)
Blockcutter: Sekine Shintarô (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1745 (Enkyô 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (beni-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color
Dimensions
Horizontal; 46.2 x 67.2 cm (18 3/16 x 26 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.5677
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Clark, Morse, Virgin, and Hockley, Dawn of the Floating World (2000-1), #109 (other impression); Kishi, Edo no enkin-hô (1994), fig. 71
DescriptionMFA impressions: 21.5677, 54.181
Signed
Eshi Torii Kiyotada hitsu
絵師鳥居清忠筆
絵師鳥居清忠筆
Marks
Blockcutter: Horikô Sekine Shintarô
彫工関根新太郎
彫工関根新太郎
ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.