Kintarô and Bear Cub Looking at a Hanging Scroll of a Goat

未の絵を見る金太郎と熊

Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1799 (Kansei 11)?

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban; 38.3 x 26 cm (15 1/16 x 10 1/4 in.)

Credit Line Anonymous gift

Accession NumberRES.40.64

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #139 (no photo); not in Hirano 1939

DescriptionPossibly made for New Year of 1799, a Year of the Goat.

Signed Kiyonaga ga
清長画

Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印：極

ProvenanceAnonymous gift ( in compliance with Chie Hirano's wish) June 13, 1940