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初春の越後屋
The Echigoya on New Year's Day
初春の越後屋
Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1789 (Tenmei 9/Kansei 1)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 38.4 x 75 cm (15 1/8 x 29 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.5503-5
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Golden Age (2010), #21 (R and C); Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #43 (no photo); Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #55, pls. 54-6; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #886, pl. LXXV
DescriptionTriptych: 21.5503 (left), 21.5504 (center), 21.5505 (right)
MFA impressions: 11.13884VR (11.13884, right sheet, and 11.13991, center sheet), 11.13992 (left sheet, matted separately because of condition problems); 21.5503-5
MFA impressions: 11.13884VR (11.13884, right sheet, and 11.13991, center sheet), 11.13992 (left sheet, matted separately because of condition problems); 21.5503-5
Signed
Kiyonaga ga (on each sheet)
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.