The Actors Ichikawa Danjuro II as Kamada Matahachi and Ichikawa Monnosuke I as Hisamatsu in the play "Osome Hisamatsu Shinju Tamoto no Shirashibori," performed at the Morita Theater, 1720

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Yes, The Actors Ichikawa Danjuro II as Kamada Matahachi and Ichikawa Monnosuke I as Hisamatsu in the play "Osome Hisamatsu Shinju Tamoto no Shirashibori," performed at the Morita Theater, is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Torii Kiyonobu I

1720

The Actors Ichikawa Danjuro II as Kamada Matahachi and Ichikawa Monnosuke I as Hisamatsu in the play "Osome Hisamatsu Shinju Tamoto no Shirashibori," performed at the Morita Theater, 1720 by Torii Kiyonobu I

Medium

Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e

Dimensions

35.4 × 15.4 cm (13 7/8 × 5 7/8 in.)

Classification

woodblock print

Department

Arts of Asia

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

44137

About the Artist

Torii Kiyonobu I · 1664–1729

Torii Kiyonobu I (1664–1729), born Shōbei in Osaka, was the second son of Torii Kiyomoto, a prominent kabuki actor specializing in onnagata roles and a painter of theater signboards. He studied painting under his father as well as Yoshida Hanbei and Hishikawa Moronobu, the pioneering ukiyo-e master whose figure styles profoundly shaped his early work. In 1687, at age twenty-four, Kiyonobu accompan...

The Actors Ichikawa Danjuro II as Kamada Matahachi and Ichikawa Monnosuke I as Hisamatsu in the play "Osome Hisamatsu Shinju Tamoto no Shirashibori," performed at the Morita Theater, 1720

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