Online Auction 13380From Artist to Woodblock: Japanese Prints from 18th to 20th Century
Torii Kiyomitsu I (1735–1785)
Lot 1From a Private English Collection

Torii Kiyomitsu I (1735–1785)

The actor Sakakiyama Sangoro holding a parasol

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Torii Kiyomitsu I (1735–1785)
The actor Sakakiyama Sangoro holding a parasol
The young actor Sakakiyama Sangoro holding a parasol beneath flowering plum blossoms

Woodblock print, benizuri-e, signed Torii Kiyomitsu hitsu, published by Emiya Kichiemon, circa 1758
Hosoban (31.4 x 14.2cm.)

Specialist note

The inscription over the actor's right shoulder reads Kyo Shijo kudari, Sakakiyama Sangoro, indicating when the actor came down to Kyoto from Edo.

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