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見立て浄瑠璃姫
A Modern Version of the Story of Ushiwakamaru Serenading Jôruri-hime
見立て浄瑠璃姫
Japanese
Edo period
about 1785 (Tenmei 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38.4 x 25.9 cm (15 1/8 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Nellie Parney Carter Collection—Bequest of Nellie Parney Carter
Accession Number34.359
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #s 22-a (1st ed.), 22-b (2nd ed.; no photo); Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #30.1-3; Ukiyo-e shûka 10 (1979), pls. 210-2 (Grabhorn coll., 1st ed.); Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #707, pls. LXX (1st ed.), LXXVII (2nd ed.)
DescriptionCenter sheet of incomplete triptych. First edition, first state. There are two later states with partial changes in the blocks, and a second edition (not in the MFA) made slightly later from completely different blocks, with updated hairstyles and other changes.
MFA impressions, all first edition, various states:
Right sheet: 11.13885 (second state), 11.13975 (key block, second state), 11.25128 (first state), 21.7505 (third state)
Center sheet: 11.13976 (key block, second state), 11.25130 (first state), 21.7504 (first state), 34.359 (first state)
Left sheet: 11.25129 (second state), 21.7503 (first state), 34.358 (first state)
MFA impressions, all first edition, various states:
Right sheet: 11.13885 (second state), 11.13975 (key block, second state), 11.25128 (first state), 21.7505 (third state)
Center sheet: 11.13976 (key block, second state), 11.25130 (first state), 21.7504 (first state), 34.359 (first state)
Left sheet: 11.25129 (second state), 21.7503 (first state), 34.358 (first state)
Signed
Kiyonaga ga
清長画
清長画
Provenance1934, bequest of Nellie Parney Carter to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 4, 1934)