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Torii Kiyomine

ca. 1820 · Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper · Asian Art

Torii Kiyomitsu II, a grandson of Kiyomitsu I, became the fifth grandmaster of the Torii school after Kiyonaga, the fourth grandmaster, who died in 1815. This image of Danjuro II, almost identical with Kiyonaga's print at the right, testifies to the continuity in portraying the role of Soga Goro through several generations of Torii-school masters. Two poems are inscribed at the top. The surimono bears the signature "Godaime Kiyomitsu hitsu" (painted by the fifth grandmaster, Kiyomitsu).

Artist

Torii Kiyomine

Date

ca. 1820

Medium

Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Gift of Estate of Samuel Isham, 1914