The Actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Soga no Gorō Tokimune in Kaidō Iro Yawaragi Soga, Nakamura Theater, from the series Eight views of Edo

Artist/Maker Torii Kiyonaga 鳥居清長 (Japanese, 1752–1815)

Date1778

MediumColor woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper

DimensionsVertical hosoban; overall: 11 11/16 × 5 1/4 in. (29.7 × 13.3 cm)

Credit LineMary A. Ainsworth Bequest

PortfolioEight views of Edo (Edo hakkei)

Object number1950.332

Status

Not on view

ProvenanceMary A. Ainsworth; by bequest 1950 to Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH

Collections

Asian

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