The Iris Garden

The Iris Garden by Torii Kiyonaga

Medium

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Dimensions

H. 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm); W. 9 1/2 in. (24.1 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

JP1513

Tags

GardensWomenPlantsLeaves

About the Artist

Torii Kiyonaga · 17521815

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...

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