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Maker(s):Torii Kiyomasu II
Culture:Japanese (1706-1763)
Title:Actor Ichikawa Danjuro IV
Date Made:1748 (Kan'en 1, 11th month)
Type:Print
Materials:Color woodblock print (woodcut) on paper
Place Made:Asia; Japan
Measurements:Mat: 20 in x 16 1/16 in; 50.8 cm x 40.8 cm; Mount: 13 3/16 in x 8 3/4 in; 33.5 cm x 22.2 cm; Sheet/Image: 12 in x 5 1/2 in; 30.5 cm x 14 cm
Narrative Inscription:  SIGNATURE: recto, lwr. r. (black ink): [Japanese character, Torii Kiyomasu hitsu]; INSCRIPTION: recto, upp. l. (black ink): [Japanese character, Sasaki goro terutsuna Ichikawa Danjuro]; INSCRIPTION: recto, upp. r. (black ink): [Japanese character, Onna musha Tsiijin Yashima]; SEAL: recto, lwr. l. (stamp with black ink): [Japanese character, Muraya Kohei]
Accession Number:  MH 1973.314.Q.RII
Credit Line:Gift of Mrs. Louis C. Black
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
A vertical kabuki actor print: a man in red kimono with huge family crest patterns (three squares nested inside one another), standing and having a ferocious facial expression; the end of one of his swords points upward; inscriptions surrounds the man.

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