The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of May 21, 2026

A vertical woodblock print depicts Matsumoto Koshiro IV, a man with light skin tone, standing beside a large water barrel on our left. Facing our right, he looks back over his shoulder, wearing a striped kimono under a red and tan checkered robe with a floral crest. Two swords are tucked into his belt. Black calligraphy marks the barrel and appears in a column on our right.

Matsumoto Koshiro IV as a Townsman Standing Beside a Water Barrel

c. 1770

Torii Kiyomitsu

(Japanese, 1735–1785)
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868)
color woodblock print
Sheet: 31.2 x 14 cm (12 5/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
Bequest of Edward L. Whittemore 1930.195
Location: Not on view
  • Julio E. van Canegham (sale: Walpole Galleries, March 3, 1921, lot 17)
    (S. H. Mori)
  • The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1930.195