The Third Month (Sangatsu), from the series "Twelve Months in the South (Minami juni ko)"
Torii Kiyonaga · c. 1784
Provenance
Ownership history
- Ernest Francisco Fenollosa (1853–1908), Boston; by descent to his wife, Sidney McCall (1865–1954; born Mary McNeill, also Mary McNeil Fenollosa), Boston, 1908; sold to Clarence Buckingham (1854–1913), Chicago, 1909; by descent to his sisters Lucy Maud Buckingham (1870–1920) and Kate Sturges Buckingham (1858–1937), Chicago, 1913; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1925.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- "Torii Kiyonaga, the Birth of Venus in Edo", organized by Chiba City Museum of Art, Chiba Japan, April 28 - June 10, 2007.
Literature
Published references
- Ukiyo-e Shuka, AIC v.2, page 97, cat. #48,49; Chiba City Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), no. 101
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