Haifû yanagi-daru: Maid and Young Girl in a Doorway
Torii Kiyonaga
Description
Subject Matter:
Torii Kiyonaga was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist of the Torii school.
The print is most likely a depiction of a ko-senryu, an informal haiku poem, from the Haifu yanagi-daru. The Haifu yanagi-daru is a series of 165 volumes published from the middle to the end of the Edo period.
Physical Description:
This print depicts two figures, one a maid to the right and the other a young girl on the left. The young girl is entering a room and the maid leads her way. There are inscriptions on the upper right corner.
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