The Actor Arashi Tominosuke I in an Unidentified Role as a Courtesan
Artist/Culture
Torii Kiyohiro 鳥居 清広
(Japanese, active 1737–76)
Dateabout 1755
Mediumwoodblock print; ink and color on paper; benizuri-e
DimensionsHosoban: 29.2 x 13.6 cm (11 1/2 x 5 3/8 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
MarkingsPublisher:'Yamashiro-ya' [horizontal rectangular seal]
Credit LineJohn Chandler Bancroft Collection
Object number1901.345
DescriptionThe print depicts Arashi Tominosuke in an unidentified role as a courtesan standing in a room; the room is open on the side adjoining the engawa, beyond which a pine tree and bamboo is seen. In her left hand she holds a red lacquer sake cup. Her uchikake (overdress) has a pattern of ume (plum) blossoms upon clouds on a black ground.On View
Not on view
Torii Kiyohiro 鳥居 清広
1755
Torii Kiyonobu I 鳥居 清信
late 17th–early 18th century
