Brokaten met gewoonten en gebruiken in het Oosten

Torii Kiyonaga

1782 - 1786

Brokaten met gewoonten en gebruiken in het Oosten by Torii Kiyonaga

Medium

color woodcut

Dimensions

380; 252

About this artwork

kleurenhoutsnede; lijnblok in zwart met kleurblokken

About the Artist

Torii Kiyonaga · 17521815

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...

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