# The Priest Kobo Daishi at the Tama River in Kii Province from the series The Six Tama Rivers

**Torii Kiyomasu** (Japanese, 1706–1763)  
c. 1725-1735  
Woodblock print in black ink and watercolor on cream Japanese paper  
15.4 × 32.8 cm (6 1/16 × 12 15/16 in.)

Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2023.3071. [The museum's record](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/133147).

## About this work

Torii Kiyomasu designed this in about 1725-1735. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

### What you’re looking at

A work made of woodblock print in black ink and watercolor on cream japanese paper.

_Description from the Art Institute of Chicago._

### How it was made

- **Colour woodblock print.** In Japan these were a team effort. The artist drew the design, a carver cut it into cherry-wood blocks, one block for each colour, and a printer brushed on the pigment and rubbed each sheet by hand. Full-colour prints of this kind were called nishiki-e, “brocade pictures”, from the 1760s on.
- **Watercolour.** Pigment in gum arabic, thinned with water and laid in transparent washes. Nothing white is painted: the light is the paper showing through.

### [Torii Kiyomasu](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/torii-kiyomasu)

Japanese, 1706–1763

## Facts

- Type: Print
- Culture: Japan
- Real size: about 6 × 13 in (15 × 32 cm). The 11 × 14 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 17th century
- Movement: [Ukiyo-e](https://www.ochreeditions.com/movements/ukiyo-e)
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/317.jpg?dl=1
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- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42; 16 × 20 in $56; 18 × 24 in $68; 20 × 30 in $86; 24 × 36 in $108; 30 × 40 in $148
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138; 18 × 24 in $164; 20 × 30 in $208; 24 × 36 in $258; 30 × 40 in $338
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98; 18 × 24 in $118; 20 × 30 in $148; 24 × 36 in $178; 30 × 40 in $228
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3; 20 × 30 in $5; 24 × 36 in $5; 30 × 40 in $5

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-priest-kobo-daishi-at-the-tama-river-in-kii-province-fro-aic-133147).