Playing Games in the Garden of the Kankanrô in the Yoshiwara

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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: Iseya Jisuke (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1794 (Kansei 6)

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

Dimensions Vertical ôban triptych; 36.9 x 73.4 cm (14 1/2 x 28 7/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.7494-6

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: 21.7494 (left), 21.7495 (center), 21.7496 (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

ProvenancePurchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Sumitomo collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.