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A Party Viewing the Moon across the Sumida River

A Party Viewing the Moon across the Sumida River

大川楼上の月見

Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1787 (Tenmei 7)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 38.5 x 77.5 cm (15 3/16 x 30 1/2 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.7347-9

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #33, pl. 126; Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #43; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #846, pl. LXXII

DescriptionTriptych: 21.7347 (left), 21.7348 (center), 21.7349 (right)

MFA impressions: 06.1282VR (06.1282, 11.13996, 11.13997), 11.40057 (right sheet only), 21.7347-9

Signed Kiyonaga ga (on each sheet)
清長画

ProvenanceApril 1914, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Ito; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.