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print
Object Type
print
Museum number
1945,1101,0.48
Description
Woodblock print. The kabuki actor Morita Kanya as a young woman performing the nuno-zarashi dance. Urushi-e on paper.
Producer name
Print artist:
Torii Kiyomasu II (鳥居清倍)
School/style
Ukiyo-e School
Production date
1706-1763
(artist)
Production place
Published in:
Edo
Materials
paper
urushi
Technique
urushi-e
woodblock
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
The transition from Kiyomasu I to Kiyomasu II has not yet been firmly ascertained, but this lively print with fresh hand-colouring is given to the second generation Kiyomasu. (Label copy, TTC, 1998)
Bibliographic references
Hizo Ukiyo-e taikan Vol 2 / Hizo Ukiyo-e taikan
(BW 9)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
actor/actress
kabuki
dance
child
Associated names
Representation of:
Morita Kan'ya VI 六代目森田勘弥
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
Oscar Charles Raphael
Acquisition date
1945
Department
Asia
Registration number
1945,1101,0.48