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The Actors Tamazawa Saijiro I as the pageboy Umezaburo and Segawa Kikunojo I as Oroku in the play "Sazareishi Suehiro Genji," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1744
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The Actors Tamazawa Saijiro I as the pageboy Umezaburo and Segawa Kikunojo I as Oroku in the play "Sazareishi Suehiro Genji," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1744

Color woodblock print; hosoban, benizuri-eTorii Kiyomasu II Japanese, 1706 (?)–1763 (?)/1744

Description

The Actors Tamazawa Saijiro I as the pageboy Umezaburo and Segawa Kikunojo I as Oroku in the play "Sazareishi Suehiro Genji," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1744 is an internationally celebrated Color woodblock print; hosoban, benizuri-e created by Torii Kiyomasu II (1744). From the collection of The Art Institute of Chicago.

Provenance

Ernest Francisco Fenollosa (1853–1908), Boston; by descent to his wife, Sidney McCall (1865–1954; born Mary McNeill, also Mary McNeil Fenollosa), Boston, 1908; sold to Clarence Buckingham (1854–1913), Chicago, 1909; by descent to his sisters Lucy Maud Buckingham (1870–1920) and Kate Sturges Buckingham (1858–1937), Chicago, 1913; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1925.

Dimensions

28.4 × 15 cm (11 3/16 × 5 7/8 in.)

Accession No

19366

Official Citations

[The Art Institute of Chicago Official Record][Full Resolution Image]
Curatorial Affinity Stream

Continuing the Universe of Torii Kiyomasu II Japanese, 1706 (?)–1763 (?)

Japanese (culture or style) • Japan • Harmonious Works & Contemporaries