Cherry Trees on the Banks of the Sumida River, a Pentaptych (Sumidagawa sakura no kei, gomai tsuzuki)

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Cherry Trees on the Banks of the Sumida River, a Pentaptych (Sumidagawa sakura no kei, gomai tsuzuki)

隅田川桜の景　五枚続

Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815)
Publisher: Tsuruya Kiemon (Senkakudô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1792 (Kansei 4)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.8 x 24.6 cm (14 7/8 x 9 11/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.8416

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #48, pl. 136 (complete); Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #60; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #934, pl. LXXVIII

DescriptionSheet 5 (from right) of incomplete pentaptych.

Signed Kiyonaga ga
清長画

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

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.