Blindemannetje spelen
Torii Kiyonaga
1792 - 1796
Medium
color woodcut
Dimensions
386; 250; 387; 250; 385; 250
About this artwork
height 387 mm x width 250 mm x height 386 mm x width 250 mm x height 385 mm x width 250 mm
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...