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A Modern Version of the Story of Ushiwakamaru Serenading Jôruri-hime


見立て浄瑠璃姫
Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1786 (Tenmei 6)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Hashira-e; 68.4 x 11.6 cm (26 15/16 x 4 9/16 in.)
Credit Line Museum of Fine Arts, Boston—Worcester Art Museum exchange, made possible through the Special Korean Pottery Fund, Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution, and Smithsonian Institution—Chinese Expedition, 1923–24
Accession Number54.365
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #509 (no photo); Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #536; Pins, The Japanese Pillar Print (1982), #706; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #788, pl. C
Signed Kiyonaga ga
清長画
Provenance1954, by exchange from Worcester Art Museum to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 8, 1954)