The portrait of Danjûrô I is copied from the picturebook Fûryû yomo byôbu, 1700, by Torii Kiyonobu I (see MFA 200.1255). A related design: 00.1682, 11.38841
Signed
Godaime [i.e. fifth-generation head of the Torii school] Torii Kiyomitsu hitsu
Marks
Artist's seal: Kiyomitsu
Credit Line
Bequest of William Perkins Babcock
Japanese, Edo period, 1832 (Tenpô 3), 3rd month
- Artist Torii Kiyomitsu II (Kiyomine), Japanese, 1787–1868
- Publisher Maruya Jinpachi (Marujin, Enjudô), Japanese
Catalogue Raisonné
Chiba Museum, Edo no surimono (1997), #40; Bowie et al, Art of the Surimono (1979), #57
Dimensions
Horizontal double ôban; 40.6 x 57.3 cm (16 x 22 9/16 in.)
Accession Number
00.1674
Medium or Technique
Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper