1749
ink
paper
From the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art
Untitled is a 1749 ink by Torii Kiyomasu I, a Baroque work, depicting Actor, held at Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This print shows two figures in a room with a wooden balcony and tiled walls. The person on the left is kneeling, holding a fan and looking up. The person on the right stands, wearing a checkered robe and holding a stick with a flower branch. Both have dark hair styled in traditional buns, and their clothes have swirling patterns. The balcony’s railing and the tiled floor are drawn with simple lines, while the figures’ robes have bold, blocky colors. The scene looks like a quiet moment between two people, maybe actors or performers. Look up actor to see how these kinds of prints often showed theater scenes.
Torii Kiyomasu was the shop name of a printmaker in Edo—modern Tokyo—who spent his short career plastering the city with bold, eye-catching posters.
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