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Torii Kiyonaga

1782 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper · Asian Art

Kiyonaga depicts Danjūrō V and his family visiting a shrine. Danjūrō's son Ebizō, the future Danjūrō VI, is carried on the shoulder of Ichikawa Masugorō, Danjūrō's pupil. The characteristic Danjūrō family crest of three nested squares (mimasu) is scattered over the son's kimono and, combined with the character go (five), is superimposed on the ground pattern of Masugorō's kimono. The father wears a formal black jacket with another Danjūrō family crest depicting a carp rising in a waterfall.

Artist

Torii Kiyonaga

Date

1782

Medium

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

The Howard Mansfield Collection, Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1936