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「美南見十二候」 三月 飛鳥山の花見
The Third Month, from the series Twelve Months in the South (Minami jûni kô)
「美南見十二候」 三月 飛鳥山の花見
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; 39.3 x 50.7 cm (15 1/2 x 19 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.7423-4
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Golden Age (2010), #14; Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #6-1, pl. 101; Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #12.1; Ukiyo-e shûka 5 (1980), pls. 48-9; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #625, pl. LVIII
DescriptionDiptych: 21.7423 (left), 21.7424 (right)
MFA impressions: 11.13951 (right sheet only), 21.7423-4 (complete diptych)
MFA impressions: 11.13951 (right sheet only), 21.7423-4 (complete diptych)
Signed
Kiyonaga ga (on each sheet)
清長画
清長画
ProvenanceJanuary 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from J. Clarence Webster Collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.