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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; 38.6 x 26 cm (15 3/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.8418
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 1 (from right) of incomplete pentaptych.
Signed Kiyonaga ga
清長画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
ProvenanceFormerly in Tebbs collection; March 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding at Tebbs sale, Sotheby's; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.