The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV and a geisha, from an untitled series of prints showing Actors in private life
- Date:
- c. 1783
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print; hosoban
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
Two figures stand outdoors beneath bare, sweeping branches against a plain grey ground. On the right, a man in a black hood and a striped tan-and-black outer robe over a beige kimono looks back over his shoulder; on the left, a woman in a black-and-tan kimono patterned with small florals at the hem, her obi tied with a long trailing sash, gazes up at him with one hand raised near her sleeve. The palette is limited to black, tan/ochre, and grey, with fine striped and floral patterning on the robes; a small landscape motif appears near the woman's feet. Color woodblock print (hosoban), Torii Kiyonaga, 1778 — titled "The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV and a geisha," from an untitled series depicting actors in private life.
More Prints by Torii Kiyonaga
Watching the Water Festival from Azuma Bridge, from the series "Eight Precincts of the Kinryuzan Temple in Asakusa (Asakusa Kinruzan hakkei)"
c. 1782
Color woodblock print; chuban
Courtesans of Yoshiwara and their attendants viewing the peonies on Nakanocho
c. 1787
Color woodblock print; center and right sheets of oban triptych
A visit to a shrine, from the series "Twelve Scenes of Popular Customs (Fuzoku juni tsui)"
c. 1786
Color woodblock print; koban
A Party Viewing the Moon Across the Sumida River
c. 1787
Color woodblock print; oban triptych
More Sumo Prints
Frequently Asked Questions
The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV and a geisha, from an untitled series of prints showing Actors in private life was created by Torii Kiyonaga (鳥居清長) in c. 1783.
The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV and a geisha, from an untitled series of prints showing Actors in private life depicts sumo.