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The Fifth Month, from the series Twelve Months in the South (Minami jûni kô)


「美南見十二候」 五月 物詣
Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1784 (Tenmei 4)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 37.4 x 26.5 cm (14 3/4 x 10 7/16 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.5629
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #6-3, pl. 103; Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #12.3, pls. 36-7; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #627, pl. LVIII
DescriptionDiptych: 21.5607 (left), 21.5629 (right); no virtual record

MFA impressions:
left sheet: 11.13944, 21.5607
right sheet: 11.30358, 21.5629
Signed Kiyonaga ga (on each sheet)
清長画
Provenance1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Ito; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.