Vier hofdames luisterend naar het fluitspel van Yoshitsune
Torii Kiyonaga
1793 - 1797
Medium
color woodcut
Dimensions
256; 376
About this artwork
Deze prent is de tweede staat (voor de eerste staat zie RP-P-1971-46), gedrukt van nieuw gesneden blokken, zodat de haarstijlen en de kimonopatronen aansloten op de nieuwe mode.
About the Artist
Torii Kiyonaga · 1752–1815
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...