The Kabuki Actor Matsumoto Kōshirō IV
Torii Kiyonaga Japanese
Not on view
This is an offstage glimpse at the superstar Matsumoto Kōshirō IV (1737–1802), who became a pupil of Danjūrō IV in 1757 and took the name of Kōshirō IV in 1772. He is relaxed, smoking a pipe and appreciating tea utensils, in the company of two women. The family crest of the hereditary name of Kōshirō, four flowers arranged in the shape of a diamond, appears on his kimono.
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