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旅姿の金太郎
Kintarô on a Pilgrimage to Enoshima
旅姿の金太郎
Japanese
Edo period
1809 (Bunka 6)?
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 37.6 x 26.1 cm (14 13/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Chinese and Japanese Special Fund and the William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number50.661
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #134 (no photo); Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #152; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #1007 (no photo)
DescriptionPossibly made for New Year of 1809, a Year of the Snake, because snakes are sacred to the goddess Benzaiten who is worshipped at Enoshima.
Signed
Kiyonaga ga
清長画
清長画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極
改印：極
ProvenanceBy exchange, Chinese and Japanese Special Fund and the Bigelow Collection