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Playing Games in the Garden of the Kankanrô in the Yoshiwara


吉原歓々楼遊興
Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815)
Publisher: Wakasaya Yoichi (Jakurindô) (Japanese)
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
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
Signed Kiyonaga ga (on each sheet)
清長画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
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.