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地紙売り
Women on Balcony and Fan Peddler on Street
地紙売り
Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1786 (Tenmei 6)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban, upright diptych; 73.9 x 23.1 cm (29 1/8 x 9 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.7489-90
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #26, pl. 122; Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #34, pls. 49-50; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #792, pl. LXVIII
DescriptionDiptych: 21.7489 (top), 21.7490 (bottom)
MFA imperssions: 11.13903 (top sheet only), 21.7489-90 (complete diptych)
MFA imperssions: 11.13903 (top sheet only), 21.7489-90 (complete diptych)
Signed
Kiyonaga ga (on the fan held by a woman on the balcony)
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.