The Actor Segawa Kikunojo I as Hanjo in the play "Tsumagoi Sumidagawa," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the third month, 1733

Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-eTorii Kiyomasu II Japanese, 1706 (?)–1763 (?)/1733

Description

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo I as Hanjo in the play "Tsumagoi Sumidagawa," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the third month, 1733 is an internationally celebrated Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e created by Torii Kiyomasu II (1733). From the collection of The Art Institute of Chicago.

Provenance

Ernest Francisco Fenollosa (1853–1908), Boston; by descent to his wife, Sidney McCall (1865–1954; born Mary McNeill, also Mary McNeil Fenollosa), Boston, 1908; sold to Clarence Buckingham (1854–1913), Chicago, 1909; by descent to his sisters Lucy Maud Buckingham (1870–1920) and Kate Sturges Buckingham (1858–1937), Chicago, 1913; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1925.

Dimensions

30.7 × 15 cm (12 1/8 × 5 15/16 in.)

Source

The Art Institute of Chicago

Movement / Period

Japanese (culture or style)

Accession No

19318

Official Citations

[The Art Institute of Chicago Official Record][Full Resolution Image]

Curatorial Affinity Stream

Continuing the Universe of Torii Kiyomasu II Japanese, 1706 (?)–1763 (?)

Japanese (culture or style) • Japan • Harmonious Works & Contemporaries

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