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The Actor Hanagawa Ichinojo as Akane Gozen in the play "Okunizome Shusse Butai," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1759

The Actor Hanagawa Ichinojo as Akane Gozen in the play "Okunizome Shusse Butai," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1759

Torii Kiyomitsu IWW-1759-121956
1759·Color woodblock print; hosoban, benizuri-e·31.8 × 14.7 cm (12 1/2 × 5 3/4 in.)

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Year
1759
Dimensions
31.8 × 14.7 cm (12 1/2 × 5 3/4 in.)

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Torii Kiyomitsu I

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Torii Kiyomitsu was a painter and printmaker of the Torii school of Japanese ukiyo-e art; the son of Torii Kiyonobu II or Torii Kiyomasu II, he was the third head of the school, and was originally called Kamejirō before taking the gō Kiyomitsu. Dividing his work between actor prints and bijinga, he primarily used the benizuri-e technique prolific at the time, which involved using one or two colors of ink on the woodblocks rather than hand-coloring; full-color prints would be introduced later in Kiyomitsu's career, in 1765.

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Year
1759
Dimensions
31.8 × 14.7 cm (12 1/2 × 5 3/4 in.)
Watts ID
WW-1759-121956

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Source
aic
Status
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Torii Kiyomitsu I

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