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帯を解く美人
Young Woman Untying Her Obi
帯を解く美人
Torii Kiyomitsu I (Japanese, 1735–1785)
Japanese
Edo period
about 1755–64 (Hôreki 5–14)
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (benizuri-e); ink and limited color on paper
Dimensions
Hashira-e; 67.1 x 9.3 cm (26 7/16 x 3 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.5466
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Asano, "Hashira-e," in Ukiyo-e Art 87 (1986), p. 21, fig. 2; Pins, The Japanese Pillar Print (1982), #116
DescriptionThe impression in TNM has the publisher's mark "Tomita."
Signed
Torii Kiyomitsu ga
鳥居清満画
鳥居清満画
Marks
No publisher's mark
Artist's seal: Kiyomitsu
版元：なし
Artist's seal: Kiyomitsu
版元：なし
InscriptionsPoem: Utsukushii/ mono no tane nari/ bijinsô
「美（うつく）しい物（もの）の種（たね）なり美人草（びじんそう）」
「美（うつく）しい物（もの）の種（たね）なり美人草（びじんそう）」
ProvenanceFebruary 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from J. Clarence Webster Collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.