Block 62

Lot 9. SCENE FROM THE DRAMA “HATSU-TORA KURAMA GENJI”

Lot 9. SCENE FROM THE DRAMA “HATSU-TORA KURAMA GENJI”

Image of actual item from the Metropolitan Museum of Art

TORII KIYOMASU (B. 1702 (?), d. 1763)

Ichimura theatre, Edo, first month Kwan-en 2, i.e. February 1749. Onoe Kikugoro as Goyo-no-mae, wife of Suzuki; the first Sanogawa Ichimatsu as Ushiwaka.

Hoso-e. Beni-e. Signed: Torii Kiyomasu hitsu. Publisher: Maru-ya. 1749.

Purchaser: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Price: $22.50

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