Kairaishi|The Actor Ichimura Takenojo VIII in the Role of a Puppeteer, showing Puppets to a Courtesan
Torii Kiyomasu I
ca. 1715
Medium
Monochrome woodblock print; ink on paper
Dimensions
11 x 16 in. (27.9 x 40.6 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund and Rogers Fund, 1914
Accession Number
JP3072
Tags
ActorsWomenMenPuppets
About the Artist
Torii Kiyomasu I
Torii Kiyomasu I was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist working in the early eighteenth century, closely associated with the Torii school, one of the most important lineages in the history of Japanese woodblock printmaking. The Torii school was founded by Torii Kiyonobu, and Kiyomasu I is believed to have been either his son or a close pupil — the precise family relationship remains a matter of scholarly d...