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Kintarô Playing Theater with a Demon, Bear, and Tengu


芝居ごっこの金太郎
Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752–1815)
Publisher: Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudō) (Japanese)
Japanese
Edo period
1806 (Bunka 3)?

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Vertical ôban; 36.5 x 24.5 cm (14 3/8 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Porter Sargent
Accession NumberRES.49.180
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Chiba Museum, Torii Kiyonaga (2007), list #121 (no photo);Ukiyo-e shûka 2 (1985), list #138; Hirano, Kiyonaga (1939), #993, pl. LXIV
DescriptionPossibly made for New Year of 1806, a Year of the Tiger, because of the toy tiger being used as a prop in the play.
Signed Kiyonaga ga
清長画
Marks Censor's seal: kiwame
改印:極