Who created "A Professional Baffoon, from a untitled series of 12 prints"?

A Professional Baffoon, from a untitled series of 12 prints was created by Torii Kiyonobu I in c. 1710.

What medium is "A Professional Baffoon, from a untitled series of 12 prints"?

A Professional Baffoon, from a untitled series of 12 prints is Woodblock print; oban, sumizuri-e.

Is "A Professional Baffoon, from a untitled series of 12 prints" in the public domain?

Yes, A Professional Baffoon, from a untitled series of 12 prints is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

A Professional Baffoon, from a untitled series of 12 prints

Q: When was "A Professional Baffoon, from a untitled series of 12 prints" created?

This artwork was created c. 1710.

Torii Kiyonobu I

c. 1710

Medium

Woodblock print; oban, sumizuri-e

Dimensions

26 × 36.8 cm (10 1/4 × 14 1/2 in.)

Classification

painting

Department

Arts of Asia

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

19112

About the Artist

Torii Kiyonobu I · 1664–1729

Torii Kiyonobu I (1664–1729), born Shōbei in Osaka, was the second son of Torii Kiyomoto, a prominent kabuki actor specializing in onnagata roles and a painter of theater signboards. He studied painting under his father as well as Yoshida Hanbei and Hishikawa Moronobu, the pioneering ukiyo-e master whose figure styles profoundly shaped his early work. In 1687, at age twenty-four, Kiyonobu accompan...

A Professional Baffoon, from a untitled series of 12 prints

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