Lot Essay
For the complete triptychs see Chie Hirano, Kiyonaga: A Study of his Life and Works (The Harvard University Press, 1939), pl. 859 and 889.
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TORII KIYONAGA (1752-1815)
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Torii Kiyonaga (1752-1815)
Two seperate sheets, the first a right-hand sheet of a triptych depicting three girls on an engawa, the second the right-hand sheet of a triptych depicting a lively boating party on the Sumida river, signed Kiyonaga ga, the first published by Tsutaya Jusaburo, good impressions, some fading of colours, good condition
Oban tate-e: approx. 37 x 25cm. each (2)
Two seperate sheets, the first a right-hand sheet of a triptych depicting three girls on an engawa, the second the right-hand sheet of a triptych depicting a lively boating party on the Sumida river, signed Kiyonaga ga, the first published by Tsutaya Jusaburo, good impressions, some fading of colours, good condition
Oban tate-e: approx. 37 x 25cm. each (2)
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