The First Nakamura Sukegoro in the Role of Ōmi Kotōda in "Kiku wa Mukashi Soga-monogatari"
Torii Kiyohiro
2nd month, 1746
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
11 15/32 x 5 7/16 in. (29.1 x 13.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1918
Accession Number
JP233
Tags
ScrollsFansMenFrogsActors
About the Artist
Torii Kiyohiro · 1737–1776
Torii Kiyohiro (active 1737–1776) was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist and a member of the celebrated Torii school, one of the oldest and most distinguished lineages in the history of Japanese woodblock printing. The Torii school had been founded in the late seventeenth century and built its reputation on the creation of billboards and illustrated programs for the Kabuki theater in Edo, and Kiyohiro carr...