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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.4.2827
People
Torii Kiyonaga, Japanese (1752 - 1815)
Title
Clear Moonlight at Mitsumata (Mitsumata no meigetsu), from the series Eight Views of Edo (Edo hakkei)
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Edo hakkei: Mitsumata no meigetsu
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
Mid Edo period, dated 1781
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/205676

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "chūban" format; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Kiyonaga ga"
Dimensions
25.2 x 18.6 cm (9 15/16 x 7 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: (printed) Kiyonaga ga

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Friends of Arthur B. Duel
Accession Year
1933
Object Number
1933.4.2827
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Narazaki Muneshige, Ukiyo-e shuka [Collection of the Masterpieces of Ukiyo-e Prints in Museums] Volume 8: Foggu Bijutsukan [Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University], Neruson Bijutsukan [Nelson Atkins Museum]..., Shogaku-kan (Tokyo, Japan, 1980 [Showa 55]), Figure 37; p. 173

Exhibition History

  • Geisha: Beyond the Painted Smile, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, 02/14/2004 - 05/09/2004

Verification Level

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