Portrait of the Courtesan Nioteru of the Ogiya, with Her Two Attendants Namiji and Aō-mi
Torii Kiyonaga
ca. 1785
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
H. 15 5/16 in. (38.9 cm); W. 10 3/8 in. (26.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Fletcher Fund, 1929
Accession Number
JP1511
Tags
GirlsWomen
About the Artist
Torii Kiyonaga · 1752–1815
Torii Kiyonaga, born Sekiguchi Shinsuke in 1752 in Uraga, Sagami Province, was the son of an Edo bookseller who owned tenements near a bustling fish market. At age 14 in 1765, he began his apprenticeship under Torii Kiyomitsu, the third-generation head of the prestigious Torii school of ukiyo-e, renowned for kabuki theater illustrations and signage. Adopted into the Torii family, Kiyonaga succeede...