Actor in a Female Role on the Beach
Torii Kiyohiro
1753 - 1757
Medium
color woodcut
Dimensions
142; 314
About this artwork
De acteur Nakamura Kiyosaburo in vrouwenrol, als Omutsu met mandje in linker hand waarin schelpen, lopend over strand met schelpen en rotsen; de zee op de achtergrond.
About the Artist
Torii Kiyohiro · 1737–1776
Torii Kiyohiro (active 1737–1776) was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist and a member of the celebrated Torii school, one of the oldest and most distinguished lineages in the history of Japanese woodblock printing. The Torii school had been founded in the late seventeenth century and built its reputation on the creation of billboards and illustrated programs for the Kabuki theater in Edo, and Kiyohiro carr...