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Child Prodigies of Calligraphy: Gyokkashi Eimo (R) and Minamoto no Shigeyuki (L)


源成之の席書 玉花子の席書 (校合摺)
Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudô) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1783 (Tenmei 3)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (key block print, kôgôzuri); ink on paper
Dimensions Two vertical chûban prints on uncut horizontal ôban sheet; 27 x 38.6 cm (10 5/8 x 15 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Anonymous gift
Accession NumberRES.40.62a
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #s 252, 253 (no photo); Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #579; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #s 1051-1052, pl. CXXXIV
DescriptionDescribed in the Chiba catalogue as koban designs on an aiban sheet.
Signed Kiyonaga ga
清長画
ProvenanceAnonymous gift (in compliance with Chie Hirano's wish) June 13, 1940