Scene from the Play "Keisei Kaneni Sakura", Torii Kiyohiro, 1756

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Scene from the Play 'Keisei Kaneni Sakura', Edo period (1615–1868), 1756, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, 12 1/4 x 5 3/4 in. ( x cm), Prints, Torii Kiyohiro (Japanese, active ca. 1737–1766), Kiyohiro, whose works appeared between the a740s and 1760s, worked primarily in two- and three-color prints (benizuri-s). He eschewed the earlier technique of brushing color onto prints and instead applied rose-red and green, the sof colors that characterize his work

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Size: 2986px × 6247px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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