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「美南見十二候」 七月 夜の送り
The Seventh Month, from the series Twelve Months in the South (Minami jûni kô)
「美南見十二候」 七月 夜の送り
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; 37.4 x 51.1 cm (14 3/4 x 20 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.7419-20
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #6-5, pls. 105, 106; Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #12.5; Ukiyo-e shûka 10 (1979), pls. 29-30; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #629, pl. LIX
DescriptionDiptych: 21.7419 (left), 21.7420 (right)
MFA impressions: 11.13896VR (11.13896, 11.13965), 21.7419-20, 21.8409 (R), 21.8410 (L)
MFA impressions: 11.13896VR (11.13896, 11.13965), 21.7419-20, 21.8409 (R), 21.8410 (L)
Signed
Kiyonaga ga (on each sheet)
清長画
清長画
ProvenanceFormerly in the John H. Wrenn collection of Chicago; February 1919, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Wrenn collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.