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Ichimura Takenojo and Sanjo Kantaro as a Pair of Lovers in the Yoshiwara
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Kiyonobu's prints are usually hand-colored and outlined in black. They often depict actors and scenes from plays. Kiyonobu's was largely responsible for introducing theater prints as commercial products. He is regarded as the founder of the Torii school, which with its close relationship to the theater, dominated printmaking for 75 years until the appearance of Shunsho in the late 1700s.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineIchimura Takenojo and Sanjo Kantaro as a Pair of Lovers in the Yoshiwara, early 1720s. Torii Kiyonobu I (Japanese, 1664–1729). Hand-colored woodblock print; image: 31.1 x 15.2 cm (12 1/4 x 6 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Jeptha H. Wade in honor of Emily V. Wade, 1974.80
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