Actor Ichimura Tamagashiwa as Masaki no mae

市村玉柏の柾の前

Torii Kiyomasu I (Japanese, active about 1696–1716)
Or: Torii Kiyonobu I (Japanese, 1664–1729)
Publisher: Nakajimaya Izaemon (Japanese)

Japanese

Edo period

1715 (Kyôhô 3), 11th month

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

Dimensions Vertical ô-ôban; 56.4 x 32.5cm (22 3/16 x 12 13/16in.)

Credit Line Julia Bradford Huntington James Fund

Accession Number02.848

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Mutô, Shoki Ukiyo-e to Kabuki (2005), no. 0058; Clark, Morse, Virgin, and Hockley, Dawn of the Floating World (2000-1), #38; Ukiyo-e shûka 1 (1983), pl. 18

DescriptionBoth the signature and seal are unclear and could be interpreted as either "Kiyonobu" or "Kiyomasu." It is possible that the print was originally designed by Kiyonobu for a performance of 1715 and re-issued for a reprise performance of 1718, with the signature and seal altered to look like those of Kiyomasu because Kiyonobu had recently died.

Play: Banzei Onna Hachinoki
Theater: Ichimura
万歳女鉢木（ばんぜいおんなはちのき）
市村

Signed Torii Kiyonobu (?)

Marks Artist's seal: Kiyomasu (?)

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