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見立て浄瑠璃姫 （校合摺）
A Modern Version of the Story of Ushiwakamaru Serenading Jôruri-hime
見立て浄瑠璃姫 （校合摺）
Japanese
Edo period
about 1788 (Tenmei 8)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (key block print, kôgôzuri); ink on paper
Dimensions
Vertical chûban; 26.1 x 19.5 cm (10 1/4 x 7 11/16 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 Number54.381
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #221 (no photo); Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #246-?; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #855, pl. LXXVIII
DescriptionRight sheet of incomplete pentaptych.
MFA impressions: 11.19388 (color), 54.81 (key block)
MFA impressions: 11.19388 (color), 54.81 (key block)
Signed
Kiyonaga ga
清長画
清長画
Provenance1954, by exchange from Worcester Art Museum to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 8, 1954)