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見立て浄瑠璃姫
A Modern Version of the Story of Ushiwakamaru Serenading Jôruri-hime
見立て浄瑠璃姫
Japanese
Edo period
about 1785 (Tenmei 5)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 39.4 x 72.9 cm (15 1/2 x 28 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.7503-5
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #s 22-a (1st ed.), 22-b (2nd ed.; no photo); Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #30.1-3; Ukiyo-e shûka 10 (1979), pls. 210-2 (Grabhorn coll., 1st ed.); Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #707, pls. LXX (1st ed.), LXXVII (2nd ed.)
DescriptionTriptych: 21.7503 (left), 21.7504 (center), 21.7505 (right)
The right sheet only is from the third state of the first edition, with the heads replaced by means of newly-cut inlays in the key block and the interior scene at the center right edge slightly altered.
A second edition (not in the MFA) was made slightly later, from completely different blocks, with updated hairstyles and other changes.
MFA impressions, all first edition, various states:
Right sheet: 11.13885 (second state), 11.13975 (key block, second state), 11.25128 (first state), 21.7505 (third state)
Center sheet: 11.13976 (key block, second state), 11.25130 (first state), 21.7504 (first state), 34.359 (first state)
Left sheet: 11.25129 (second state), 21.7503 (first state), 34.358 (first state)
The right sheet only is from the third state of the first edition, with the heads replaced by means of newly-cut inlays in the key block and the interior scene at the center right edge slightly altered.
A second edition (not in the MFA) was made slightly later, from completely different blocks, with updated hairstyles and other changes.
MFA impressions, all first edition, various states:
Right sheet: 11.13885 (second state), 11.13975 (key block, second state), 11.25128 (first state), 21.7505 (third state)
Center sheet: 11.13976 (key block, second state), 11.25130 (first state), 21.7504 (first state), 34.359 (first state)
Left sheet: 11.25129 (second state), 21.7503 (first state), 34.358 (first state)
Signed
Kiyonaga ga (on each sheet)
清長画
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.