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大川楼上の月見
A Party Viewing the Moon across the Sumida River
大川楼上の月見
Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1787 (Tenmei 7)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban triptych; 39.3 x 78.8 cm (15 1/2 x 31 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.1282, 11.13996, 11.13997
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #33, pl. 126; Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #43; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #846, pl. LXXII
DescriptionTriptych: 06.1282 (left), 11.13996 (center), 11.13997 (right)
MFA impressions: 06.1282VR (06.1282, 11.13996, 11.13997), 11.40057 (right sheet only), 21.7347-9
MFA impressions: 06.1282VR (06.1282, 11.13996, 11.13997), 11.40057 (right sheet only), 21.7347-9
Signed
Kiyonaga ga (on each sheet)
清長画
清長画
ProvenanceMarch 8, 1906, gift of Denman Waldo Ross