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Ono no Komachi Standing beside a Stream, from an untitled series of classical beauties


平安朝の美人 小野小町
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; 37.0 x 24.7 cm (14 9/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.5479
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #7-1, pl. 179; Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #13; Ukiyo-e shûka 12 (1980), Guimet pl. 78; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #634, pl. LX
DescriptionPrints in the set:
Ono no Komachi, 21.5479
Lady Ise (or Akazome Emon?), 21.5613
Murasaki Shikibu, 11.1882
Kunai-kyô (or Sei Shônagon?), 34.1289
Nyosan no Miya, 19.61
Signed Kiyonaga ga
清長画
ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of Arthur Davison Ficke; February 10, 1920, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding at Ficke sale; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.