Torii Kiyomitsu (1735-1785), Japan, late 18th century
The actor Onoe Matsusuke I in the role of Senzai, Real Name (Honmyo) Bijo Gozen
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Torii Kiyomitsu (1735-1785)
The actor Onoe Matsusuke I in the role of Senzai, Real Name (Honmyo) Bijo Gozen
Edo Period, late 18th century
woodblock print, benizuri-e, signed Torii Kiyomitsu ga, published by Enamiya, 11th month 1765
Vertical hosoban: 31.1 x 14 cm., 12¼ x 5½ in.
Adolphe Stoclet (1871-1949)
Sotheby's London, Important Japanese Prints, Illustrated Books & Paintings from the Adolphe Stoclet Collection, 8 June 2004, Lot 54;
Where acquired by Aso O. Tavitian.
The actor Onoe Matsutsuke I performs a sanbaso dance in front of a tsuitate [standing screen] in the play Furiitsumu-hana Nidai Genji performed in the 11th month of the Meiwa era [1765] at the Ichimura-za Theatre.
For a similar impression of the same print in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, accession number 06.396, see https://collections.mfa.org/objects/178021