Torii Kiyonaga 鳥居清長

Ten scenes around Kinryuzan Temple, Asakusa (Asakusa kinryuzan jukkyo)

Maker

Torii Kiyonaga 鳥居清長 (1752-1815, b. and worked in Edo, Japan)
Nishimuraya Yohachi 西村屋与八 (1759-1869

Title

Ten scenes around Kinryuzan Temple, Asakusa (Asakusa kinryuzan jukkyo)

Period

Edo Period

Year

ca. 1783

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

color, ink

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan; Place Made: Tokyo

Dimensions

Image: 21.4 x 15.7 cm (8 7/16 x 6 3/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscription verso bottom left: [Japanese Characters]; in a later hand, verso, bottom right: 18.

Signature: Kiyonaga ga

Seals: Publisher's seal | Eijudo han

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.1118

Type

Exhibition History

Japonisme
Japanese Prints and Their Influences in France, ca. 1860-1880
Aug 26, 2005 – Feb 12, 2006

Label copy

A woman stands in front of the Yanagi shop, turning to look back at the shop-lady who prepares a toothbrush for her. This shop was located on the grounds of the Kinryuzan Temple in the Asakusa district of Edo (modern-day Tokyo).

In this scene, the subtle interaction of the two subjects is a device that Degas understood and used in pairings of figures in his own compositions. Degas is known to have hung a diptych of female bathers by Kiyonaga over his bed. It was one of the most prized objects in his personal collection.

Fan-Shaped Bird and Flower Prints from the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Collection
May 11, 1990 – Jun 30, 1990

Label copy

While one woman stands delicately poised with a fan in her hand, another, seated in the shop, is busy making a toothbrush. The composition combines the quiet lyricism of two graceful women with fine realistic description of an Edo period urban setting.

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Torii Kiyonaga 鳥居清長 (1752-1815, b. and worked in Edo, Japan)
Nishimuraya Yohachi 西村屋与八 (1759-1869
Edo, Japan), publisher
Ten scenes around Kinryuzan Temple, Asakusa (Asakusa kinryuzan jukkyo), ca. 1783
Polychrome wood block print
Image: 21.4 x 15.7 cm (8 7/16 x 6 3/16 inches)
Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke 20.1118

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