Chinese Boys Flying Kites, No. 5 from the series The Children Say "This Is Japan!" and Play the Games That They See in the Picturebooks (Yôdô iu koitsu wa Nippon, ezôshi o mite yori sono gai o asobu)

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Chinese Boys Flying Kites, No. 5 from the series The Children Say "This Is Japan!" and Play the Games That They See in the Picturebooks (Yôdô iu koitsu wa Nippon, ezôshi o mite yori sono gai o asobu)

「幼童云此奴和日本　五」　凧揚げ

Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1791 (Kansei 3)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

Dimensions Vertical chûban; 22.2 x 19.2 cm (8 3/4 x 7 9/16 in.)

Credit Line Anonymous gift

Accession NumberRES.49.18

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #199-5 (no photo); Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #253.5; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #926, pl. XLV

Signed Kiyonaga ga
清長画

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

Provenance1949, anonymous gift to the MFA. (Accession date: February 10, 1949)