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仲之町の桜
Courtesans Viewing Cherry Blossoms: Utahime of the Matsubaya, kamuro Kanomo and Konomo (R); Senzan of the Chôjiya, kamuro Yasono and Yasoji (L)
仲之町の桜
Japanese
Edo period
1785 (Tenmei 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban diptych; 39.2 x 52.7 cm (15 7/16 x 20 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.7431-2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Printed Treasures (2008), #60; Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #30, pl. 124; Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #38; Ukiyo-e shûka 5 (1980), pls. 181-3; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #797, pl. LXXII
DescriptionDiptych (two sheets of incomplete triptych): 21.7431 (left), 21.7432 (right)
MFA impressions: 11.13959 (C, key block), 11.14007-9 (complete triptych), 11.14010-2 (complete triptych), 21.7431-2 (L and C)
Dateable to 1785 by checking the names of the kamuro in Yoshiwara guidebooks; see Ukiyo-e shûka 5, pp. 200-1.
MFA impressions: 11.13959 (C, key block), 11.14007-9 (complete triptych), 11.14010-2 (complete triptych), 21.7431-2 (L and C)
Dateable to 1785 by checking the names of the kamuro in Yoshiwara guidebooks; see Ukiyo-e shûka 5, pp. 200-1.
Signed
Kiyonaga ga
清長画
清長画
ProvenanceSpring 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright in Japan; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.