Actor Nakamura Kiyosaburô I as the Courtesan (Tayû) Takasago – Works – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Actor Nakamura Kiyosaburô I as the Courtesan (Tayû) Takasago

Actor Nakamura Kiyosaburô I as the Courtesan (Tayû) Takasago

「太夫たかさご　中村喜代三郎」（初代）

Torii Kiyonobu II (Japanese, active about 1725–1760)
Publisher: Maruya Kuzaemon

Japanese

Edo period

1754 (Hôreki 4), 11th month (?)

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (benizuri-e); ink and limited color on paper

Dimensions Hosoban; 29.9 x 13.7 cm (11 3/4 x 5 3/8 in.)

Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection

Accession Number21.7220

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Mutô, Shoki Ukiyo-e to Kabuki (2005), no. 0330

DescriptionPlay: Keisei Asakusa Kagami
Theater: Ichimura
傾城浅草鐘（けいせいあさくさのかね）
市村

Signed Torii Kiyonobu hitsu
鳥居清信筆

ProvenanceFebruary 1913, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from J. Clarence Webster Collection; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.