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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; 38.8 x 26.2 cm (15 1/4 x 10 5/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.8417
NOT ON VIEW
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 3 (from right) of incomplete pentaptych.
Signed Kiyonaga ga
清長画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
ProvenanceMarch 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding at Sotheby's; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.