Shore of Shinobazu Pond, Torii Kiyonaga

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Torii Kiyonaga, Shore of Shinobazu Pond
Torii Kiyonaga, Shore of Shinobazu Pond
Torii Kiyonaga
Shore of Shinobazu Pond
circa 1788, Edo period (1600–1868)
Torii Kiyonaga
1752–1815
Shore of Shinobazu Pond, circa 1788, Edo period (1600–1868)
Where object was made: Japan
Material/technique: color woodcut
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 380 x 254 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 14 15/16 x 10 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 382 x 259 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 15 1/16 x 10 3/16 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 19 x 14 in
Credit line: William Bridges Thayer Memorial
Accession number: 1928.7510
Not on display
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Exhibition Label:
Installation related to "Tokyo: The Imperial Capital Woodblock prints by Koizumi Kishio, 1928-1940," Feb-2005, Hillary Pedersen
The Torii school of print artists, to which Kiyonaga belonged, was known for its depiction of stately women dressed in elaborate kimono. In this print, a courtesan, her attendant and two children cross the bridge to Benten Shrine in located in the center of Edo’s Shinobazu Pond. The child on the courtesan’s back gleefully waves at the small turtles swimming in the water below. The hexagonal pattern with which Kiyonaga has used to depict the stony bridge’s base echoes the pattern of the turtle’s shells and is considered an auspicious symbol in Asian culture.

Exhibitions

Tokyo: The Imperial Capital - Woodblock prints by Koizumi Kishio, 1928-1940 (complimentary prints from permanent collection)
2005