Title: The Actor Ichimura Takenojo VIII in the Role of a Puppeteer, showing Puppets to a Courtesan
Object type: Print
Date: ca. 1715
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist:  Torii Kiyomasu I 
Artist bio: Japanese, active 1696–1716
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Monochrome woodblock print; ink on paper
Dimensions: 11 x 16 in. (27.9 x 40.6 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund and Rogers Fund, 1914
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Men, term: Women, term: Actors, term: Puppets