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Torii Kiyomitsu
(1735 - 11th May, 1785)
Acteur de kabuki ; l'onnagata Kakiyama Sanjurô
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Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais (MNAAG, Paris) / Harry Bréjat
Guimet Museum
http://www.guimet.fr/fr/
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Keywords:
actor (theater)
onnagata
costume (on stage)
Japanese (representation of)
mouse
kabuki
art japonais
ukiyo-e (estampe)
portrait of a man
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About the artwork
Title:
Acteur de kabuki ; l'onnagata Kakiyama Sanjurô
Periods:
18th century
XVIIIth century
Techniques:
paper
benizure-e print
Dimensions:
300 x 130
Inventory number:
EO151
Detail:
Vers 1760 (?)
Location:
Guimet Museum
About the author(s)
Author:
Torii Kiyomitsu
Born:
1735
Dead:
11th May, 1785
See more about this author on Wikipedia:
Torii Kiyomitsu
(
鳥居 清満
, 1735 – May 11, 1785)
was a painter and printmaker of the Torii school of Japanese
ukiyo-e
art; the son of Torii Kiyonobu II or Torii Kiyomasu II, he was the third head of the school, and was originally called Kamejirō before taking the
gō
Kiyomitsu. Dividing his work between actor prints and
bijinga
(pictures of beautiful women), he primarily used the
benizuri-e
technique prolific at the time, which involved using one or two colors of ink on the woodblocks rather than…
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