Cherry Blossoms of Love (Koi-zakura): Actor Sanjô Kantarô II (?) as Yaoya Oshichi

「恋さくら」　二代目三条勘太郎ヵの八百屋お七

Torii Kiyomasu I (Japanese, active about 1696–1716)
Publisher: Igaya Kan'emon (Bunkidô) (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1718 (Kyôho 3), 1st month

Object Place: Geo-cultural attribution not provided

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (tan-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color

Dimensions Vertical ô-ôban; 54.9 x 32.3 cm (21 5/8 x 12 11/16 in.)

Credit Line Julia Bradford Huntington James Fund

Accession Number02.845

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Clark, Morse, Virgin, and Hockley, Dawn of the Floating World (2000-1), #36; Ukiyo-e shûka 1 (1983), pl. 70

DescriptionPlay: Nanakusa Fukki Soga
Theater: Ichimura
七種福貴曽我（ななくさふっきそが）
市村

Signed Torii Kiyomasu
鳥居清倍

Marks Artist's seal: Kiyomasu

ProvenancePurchased December 2, 1902, source unknown. Formerly in the collection of Prince Konoe, Kyoto