The Actor Sanjo Kantaro II as Oshichi in the play "Nanakusa Fukki Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the first month, 1718

Arts of Asia

1718

Torii Kiyomasu II
Japanese, 1706 (?)–1763 (?)

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Department: Arts of Asia

Artist: Torii Kiyomasu II (Publisher)
Title: The Actor Sanjo Kantaro II as Oshichi in the play "Nanakusa Fukki Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the first month, 1718
Place: Japan (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1718
Medium: Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e
Inscriptions: Sign: Torii Kiyomasu Publisher: Sagami ya
Dimensions: 33.7 × 15.3 cm (13 1/4 × 6 in.)
Credit Line: Clarence Buckingham Collection
Reference Number: 1925.1724
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Muto Junko, Shoki ukiyoe to kabuki (2005), p. 479, no. 440 (ID: 262)

Earl Torazo Shima (1877–1927; also E.T. Shima), New York; sold to Clarence Buckingham (1854–1913), Chicago, Apr. 1909; by descent to his sister, Kate Sturges Buckingham (1858–1937), Chicago, 1913; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1925.

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