A Modern Version of Ushiwakamaru Serenading Princess Joruri
Torii Kiyonaga
c. 1785
Medium
Color woodblock prints; oban triptych
Dimensions
37.9 × 24.5 cm (right sheet), 37.9 × 24.7 cm (center sheet), 37.9 × 25.0 cm (left sheet)
Classification
woodblock print
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
21642
About the Artist
Torii Kiyonaga · 1752–1815
Torii Kiyonaga, born Sekiguchi Shinsuke in 1752 in Uraga, Sagami Province, was the son of an Edo bookseller who owned tenements near a bustling fish market. At age 14 in 1765, he began his apprenticeship under Torii Kiyomitsu, the third-generation head of the prestigious Torii school of ukiyo-e, renowned for kabuki theater illustrations and signage. Adopted into the Torii family, Kiyonaga succeede...