The Actor Nakamura Gentaro as a woman playing battledore and shuttlecock
Torii Kiyomasu I
c. 1704
Medium
Woodblock print; o-oban, sumizuri-e
Dimensions
57.3 × 32 cm (22 9/16 × 12 5/8 in.)
Classification
woodblock print
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
6816
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...