The actors Nakamura Sukegorō with writing brush and Nakamura Kiyosaburō as a woman playing the samisen

Details

• Title

  The actors Nakamura Sukegorō with writing brush and Nakamura Kiyosaburō as a woman playing the samisen

• Artist/maker

  Torii Kiyohiro (1708 - 1766) (designer)

• Associated people

  Sakaiya Kurobei (1747 - 1775) (publisher)

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan (place of creation)

• Date

  1747 - 1763

• Material and technique

  benizuri-e (limited colour) woodblock print

• Material index

  processed material › paper

• Technique index

  printed › relief print › woodcut › colour woodcut

• Object type

  visual representation › print

• Dimensions

  mount 40.5 x 27.8 cm (height x width)
  sheet 30.8 x 14.4 cm (height x width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Mrs E. M. Allan and Mr and Mrs H. N. Spalding from the Herbert H. Jennings Collection, 1952.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EAX.4017

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