Block printing: Torii Kiyonaga [015]

Photograph (detail) of a block print: "Beauty in Breeze Beneath the Wisteria", also known as "Woman in Black Hood under Windblown Wisteria" by Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752-1815), hashira-e (entire print) approximate size: 69.5 x 12.5 cm (27 3/8 x 4 15/16 in.), circa 1780; one of Kiyonaga's bijinga works, a personification of "The Wind"Detail, "Beauty in Breeze Beneath the Wisteria", also known as "Woman in Black Hood under Windblown Wisteria" by Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752-1815), hashira-e (entire print), circa 1780