Gyokkashi Eimo before Executing Calligraphy (Gyokkashi no sekisho)

Gyokkashi Eimo before Executing Calligraphy (Gyokkashi no sekisho) by Torii Kiyonaga

Medium

Woodblock print; oban, keyblock proof impression

Dimensions

38.6 × 27 cm (15 3/16 × 10 5/8 in.)

Classification

woodblock print

Department

Arts of Asia

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

22544

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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