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吉原歓々楼遊興
Playing Games in the Garden of the Kankanrô in the Yoshiwara
吉原歓々楼遊興
Japanese
Edo period
about 1794 (Kansei 6)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 3.5 x 74 cm (1 3/8 x 29 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.7491-3
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #49, pl. 137 (Iseya); Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #61; Ukiyo-e shûka 15 (1980), pls. 124-6; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #958, pl. LXXVII
DescriptionTriptych: 21.7491 (left), 21.7492 (center), 21.7493 (right)
MFA impressions: Iseya edition, earlier: 11.22996-8, 21.7494-6; Wakasaya edition, later: 21.7491-3
MFA impressions: Iseya edition, earlier: 11.22996-8, 21.7494-6; Wakasaya edition, later: 21.7491-3
Signed
Kiyonaga ga (on each sheet)
清長画
清長画
Marks
Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極
改印:極
ProvenanceFebruary 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.