The Actor Nakamura Riko with a courtesan, from an untitled series of aiban prints depicting Actors in private life

Torii Kiyonaga

c. 1781/82

The Actor Nakamura Riko with a courtesan, from an untitled series of aiban prints depicting Actors in private life by Torii Kiyonaga

Medium

Color woodblock print; aiban

Dimensions

32.8 × 23.3 cm (12 15/16 × 9 3/16 in.)

Classification

woodblock print

Department

Arts of Asia

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

22547

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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