LENT BY HAMILTON EASTER FIELD.
| 43 | Beni-yé. Nakamura
HatsugoroÌ
as Sakura no Suké. |
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TORII SHIRO
Known as Kiyonobu the second, all of his prints being signed Torii Kiyonobu. He was the eldest son of Kiyomasu. Worked from about 1740 to about 1755, when it is probable that his death occurred. Some of the most charming of the beni-yé prints are from his hand.
LENT BY HOWARD MANSFIELD.
| 44 | Beni-yé. Yamamoto
IwanojoÌ
as a woman dancing by a fox-trap in a rice
field under a blossoming cherry tree. |
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TORII KIYOMITSU
Second son of Kiyomasu, whom he succeeded as the head of the Torii line. An artist of distinction. Was the first to add a third colour-block to the original two. He was born in 1735 and died in 1785. After 1765 he designed only a few prints, and appears to have designed none later than about 1768.
LENT BY THE ESTATE OF FRANCIS LATHROP, DECEASED
| 45 | Wide
print from three colour-blocks. The NoÌ
performance of “Musume
DoÌ
joÌ
ji.” |
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| 46 | Wide
print from three colour-blocks. Daimyo
procession game by women and children. |
| 47 | Print
from three colour-blocks. Iwai HanshiroÌ
as
a woman reading a letter while seated upon a
carabao. |
| 48 | Beni-yé. Scene from a
drama. Ichimura KamezoÌ
(standing) as Wakemi GoroÌ
and
Nakamura TomijuÌ
roÌ
as Akoya. |