Ferry on the Sumida River

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Artist/Maker	Torii Kiyonaga (artist)
Place of origin	Japan (made)

Portrait format colour print, depicting two women walking by the waters edge. The woman looking behind herself is maid to the other woman. Two birds swim in the water. The painting is signed 'Kiyonaga gwa.'

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Categories	Prints Topography
Object type	Woodblock print
Title	Ferry on the Sumida River (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Woodblock printed colours on paper Paper Block Printing
Brief description	Woodblock print, right sheet from triptych (incomplete) showing ferry on the Sumida River by Torii Kiyonaga, Japan, ca. 1787.
Physical description	Portrait format colour print, depicting two women walking by the waters edge. The woman looking behind herself is maid to the other woman. Two birds swim in the water. The painting is signed 'Kiyonaga gwa.'
Dimensions	Height: 14.25in Width: 9.875in The dimensions are taken from: Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings Accessions 1934 London: Published under the Authority of the Board of Education, 1935
Style	Edo (Japanese Period)
Marks and inscriptions	Kiyonaga gwa (Signed)
Credit line	Bequeathed by Sir Edward David Stern (part of the Sir Edward David Stern collection).
Production	For complete triptych, see Honolulu Museum of Art, Gift of James A. Michener, 1955: 13634c.
Subjects depicted	Kimono Obi Women Water Birds
Bibliographic reference	Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings Accessions 1934 London: Published under the Authority of the Board of Education, 1935
Collection	East Asia Collection
Accession number	E.268-1934

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Record created	June 25, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O407266/ferry-on-the-sumida-river-woodblock-print-torii-kiyonaga/

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