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「美南見十二候」 八月 月見の宴
The Eighth Month, from the series Twelve Months in the South (Minami jûni kô)
「美南見十二候」 八月 月見の宴
Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1784 (Tenmei 4)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 38.5 x 52.1 cm (15 3/16 x 20 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.7333-4
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #6-6, pl. 107; Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #12.6, pls. 38-9; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #630, pl. LIX
DescriptionDiptych: 21.7333 (left), 21.7334 (right)
MFA impressions: 11.13898-9, 21.7333-4
MFA impressions: 11.13898-9, 21.7333-4
Signed
Kiyonaga ga (on each sheet)
清長画
清長画
ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of Charles Jacquin; January 20, 1921, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding at January 17-22, 1921 sale of Mr. Charles Jacquin's collection at the Walpole Galleries, New York, lot #71; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.