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Picnic in a Daimyô's Garden


大名屋敷の庭遊び
Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1786 (Tenmei 6)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.1 x 75.1 cm (14 3/16 x 29 9/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.5506-8
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #28 (no photo); Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #36, pls. 141-3; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #795, pl. LXXI
DescriptionTriptych: 21.5506 (left), 21.5507 (center), 21.5508 (right)

MFA impressions: 21.5506-8 (complete triptych), 23.188 (center sheet only)
Signed Kiyonaga ga (on right sheet only)
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.