Eleven Actors Celebrating the Festival of the Shrine of the Soga Brothers

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of Asia

Artist

Torii Kiyonaga

Title

Eleven Actors Celebrating the Festival of the Shrine of the Soga Brothers

Place

Japan (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1783–1793

Medium

Color woodblock print; hosoban, nishiki-e, pentaptych

Dimensions

31.8 × 71.0 cm (total); 31.1 × 13.8 cm (first sheet from the right), 31.8 × 14.6 cm (second sheet from the right), 31.4 × 14.5 cm (third sheet from the right), 31.5 × 14.3 cm (fourth sheet from the right); 31.4 × 13.8 cm (fifth sheet from the right) 31.8 × 71.0 cm

Credit Line

Clarence Buckingham Collection

Reference Number

1925.2687, 1930.385, 1934.250-252

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