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Source Description
This rare, hand-colored print incorporates a technique called urushi-e, literally "lacquer picture," in which the artist paints deer glue over areas of black pigment, producing a lustrous effect reminiscent of lacquer. Metal filings were sometimes sprinkled onto the pigment for decorative effect. Kiyonobu’s prints are characteristically hand-colored and outlined in black. Inspired by a family tradition of painters of Kabuki posters, Kiyonobu created prints mainly of actors and scenes from plays.
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Document identity
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95371
label
Sanjo Kantaro as a Young Woman Standing in a Wisteria Arbor
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print
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1
Source metadata
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95371
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print
title
Sanjo Kantaro as a Young Woman Standing in a Wisteria Arbor
description
This rare, hand-colored print incorporates a technique called urushi-e, literally "lacquer picture," in which the artist paints deer glue over areas of black pigment, producing a lustrous effect reminiscent of lacquer. Metal filings were sometimes sprinkled onto the pigment for decorative effect. Kiyonobu’s prints are characteristically hand-colored and outlined in black. Inspired by a family tradition of painters of Kabuki posters, Kiyonobu created prints mainly of actors and scenes from plays.
date
c. early or mid 1730s
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
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Q79476719
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32756
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Print
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Sheet: 29.8 x 15.2 cm (11 3/4 x 6 in.)
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Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
accession
1916.1128
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tec
color woodblock print
tombstone
Sanjo Kantaro as a Young Woman Standing in a Wisteria Arbor, c. early or mid 1730s. Torii Kiyonobu I (Japanese, 1664–1729). Color woodblock print; sheet: 29.8 x 15.2 cm (11 3/4 x 6 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade, 1916.1128
collection
Japanese Art
inscriptions
inscription
Signature: Gako Torii Kiyonobu hitsu
Publisher: Omiya (Yokoyamacho Omiya han, emblem)
creditline
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade
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2026-05-29 05:06:50.952000
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95371
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Japanese Art
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Japanese Art
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color woodblock print
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male
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photo
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