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Torii Kiyotomo

Actor as a street vendor selling hand towels and scent pouches in the shapes of kimono sleeves (Sanogawa Ichimatsu?), mid-1720s

Description

Maker

Title

Actor as a street vendor selling hand towels and scent pouches in the shapes of kimono sleeves (Sanogawa Ichimatsu?)

Year

mid-1720s

Medium

Polychrome woodblock print

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Techniques

Supports

Dimensions

Sheet: 30.3 x 15.1 cm (11 15/16 x 5 15/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Torii Kiyotomo hitsu

Place

Japan; Tokyo

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.1061

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Edo Theater

January 18 - May 18, 2008

The inscription on this actor's backpack identifies his merchandise as "fashionable scented hand towels with actor's crests." These objects were souvenirs or collector's items that recalled one's favorite actors. In an illusion to the pleasure quarters so closely identified with the "floating world" (ukiyo), this female impersonator's robe is patterned with entrances to brothels in the pleasure quarters.

Use

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