Updated October 2026 · ranked by our popularity score (searches, visits and orders for each work) · 40 works by Torii Kiyonaga in our catalogue
In short
Of all the originals Torii Kiyonaga left, the most famous is Two Beauties after the Bath (701), in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Close behind it come Beauty in Summer Breeze (701) and Three Girls on a Riverbank (801). Our catalog holds 40 works by Torii Kiyonaga; the gallery has kept the 40 the world admires most, each shown with its date, its museum and its story.
The air feels warm, drifting in through open paper doors that suggest the arrival of a gentle season. Inside this intimate interior, two women share a private moment of repose. One woman sits, her attention captured by a book titled Contemporary Fashion, while her companion stands nearby, her presence adding a sense of quiet companionship to the scene. There is a stillness here, a pause in the rhythm of daily…
Three fashionably dressed women depicted in Kiyonaga"s graceful, elongated style make their way along the banks of a river. While the primary focus is on the idealized beauties, landscape details augment the scene with lively notes of time and place. Reeds and willow branches rustle in the strong riverside breeze that lifts the women"s robes, suggesting a fine day in early summer. In the distance, the bustling traffic of commercial…
Shunga
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Three Drunken Women
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Woodcut
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Courtesan And Maiko
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Playing The Shakuhachi
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Woman On Vernada
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New Year Nihonbashi
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Women Of The Gay Quarters, Right Hand Panel Of A
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The Ninth Month
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Interior With Two Women
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Hashira-e
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With Mountain View
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Women Of The Gay Quarters
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The Courtesan Hinazuru Of The Chojiya Brothe
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Women Of The Gay Quarters, Left Hand Panel Of A Diptych
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Looking At Each Other Meeting
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Scene Froma Kabuki Play
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Geisha And Shamisen Carrier
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Dream Symbols Of The New Year
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Parody Of Lady Joruri And Ushiwakamaru
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Two Women Standing From Series
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Returning Boats At The Beginning Of Autumn
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Cherry Blossoms At Asakayama Near Edo
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Shogi, Go And Ban-sugoroku
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Two Actors As Iwai Hyanshiro Iv And Segawa Kikunojo Iii In The 'karukoma' Dance
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Bathhouse Women
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Post Card
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The Courtesans Maizumi Of The Daimonjiya Brothel
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Riverside
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Title Name(Japanese): 浄瑠璃 陸(睦)月恋手取Nara Prefectural Museum of Art
The four subjects that come back most often in these originals, each with its finest example.
The 2 museums that hold the most of the paintings on this page.
| Museum | City | Works by Torii Kiyonaga | Paintings from this list |
|---|---|---|---|
 Metropolitan Museum of Art |
New York | 3 | Two Beauties after the Bath, Beauty in Summer Breeze, Three Girls on a Riverbank |
 Nara Prefectural Museum of Art |
Nara | 1 | Title Name(Japanese): 浄瑠璃 陸(睦)月恋手取 |
Two Beauties after the Bath (701), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Beauty in Summer Breeze (701) and Three Girls on a Riverbank (801) come next.
Two Beauties after the Bath, Beauty in Summer Breeze, Three Girls on a Riverbank, Sumidagawa Tsukimi, Bakeneko-yujo, A View Of Blossoms On The Bank Of The Sumida, A 'shunga, The Sixth Month, Young Woman Wearing A Wide Straw Hat, Followed By A and Parody Of Lady Joruri And Ushiwakamaru -. The ranking above gives each one's year and museum.
Our catalog holds 40 works by Torii Kiyonaga.
Mostly in Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York) and Nara Prefectural Museum of Art (Nara). The museum table above lists them all.
Women (9), Japanese art (6) and Traditional japan (4), across the 40 works on this page.
Ukiyo-e, judging by the originals on this page.
Two Beauties after the Bath, Beauty in Summer Breeze and Three Girls on a Riverbank: the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York holds 3 of the works on this page.
Yes, as a reproduction: the original stays in its museum, but any painting on this page can be painted by hand for you, made to order one at a time, from the painting's own page.
