Women under Maple Leaves, from the series Contest of Contemporary Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Tôsei yûri bijin awase)

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Women under Maple Leaves, from the series Contest of Contemporary Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Tôsei yûri bijin awase)

「当世遊里美人合」　紅葉見

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; 37.8 x 25.5 cm (14 7/8 x 10 1/16 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.5614

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #1-19, pl. 080; Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #3.19; Ukiyo-e shûka 5 (1980), pls. 175-6; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #345, pl. LIII

DescriptionLeft sheet of incomplete diptych.

MFA impressions: 11.13876, 21.5614

Signed Kiyonaga ga
清長画

ProvenanceSeptember 1911, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from the E. F. Fenollosa collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.