Actor Ichimura Uzaemon VIII, Right Sheet of Triptych of Actors in Costume (Yakusha ishô-e sanpukutsui, migi)

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Actor Ichimura Uzaemon VIII, Right Sheet of Triptych of Actors in Costume (Yakusha ishô-e sanpukutsui, migi)

「役者衣装絵三幅対（やくしやいしやうゑさんふくつい）　右」　八代目市村宇左衛門

Torii Kiyomasu II (Japanese, 1706–1763)
Publisher: Urokogataya Magobei (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

about 1738 (Genbun 3)

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

Dimensions Hosoban; 30.5 x 14.6 cm (12 x 5 3/4 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number11.2260

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Mutô, Shoki Ukiyo-e to Kabuki (2005), no. 0604

DescriptionIn early hosoban triptychs, "left" and "right" often (but not always) mean "proper left" and "proper right," that is, right and left respectively as seen by the viewer.

Signed Torii Kiyomasu hitsu
鳥居清倍筆

Marks Collector's seal: Hayashi Tadamasa

ProvenanceOctober 16, 1911, gift of Denman Waldo Ross