Women under Cherry Blossoms, from the series Contest of Contemporary Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Tôsei yûri bijin awase)

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Women under Cherry Blossoms, from the series Contest of Contemporary Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Tôsei yûri bijin awase)

「当世遊里美人合」　花下酔美人

Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1783 (Tenmei 3)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban diptych; 38 x 50.5 cm (14 15/16 x 19 7/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.7425-6

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné MFA, Printed Treasures (2008), #59; Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #1-15, reference photo p. 89; Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #3.15, pls. 96-97; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #341, pl. LII

DescriptionDiptych: 21.7425 (left), 21.7426 (right)

MFA impressions: 11.13969-70, 21.7425-6

Signed Kiyonaga ga (on each sheet)
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.