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「当世遊里美人合 土手花」
Flowers of Doteshita (Dote no hana), from the series Contest of Contemporary Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Tôsei yûri bijin awase)
「当世遊里美人合 土手花」
Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1782 (Tenmei 2)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions
Vertical ôban; 38.1 x 25.8 cm (15 x 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.5638
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
MFA, Golden Age (2010), #5; Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #1-9, pl. 071; Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #3.9, pl. 20; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #335, pl. LII
DescriptionMFA impressions: 11.13888, 21.5638
Signed
Kiyonaga ga
清長画
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.