# Two Actors in a Drama

- By: Torii Kiyomasu I (Japanese, active c. 1704–18)
- Date: About 1715
- Medium: Woodblock print; sumizuri-e, ōban
- Classification: Print
- Dimensions: 28.8 × 42.6 cm (11 5/16 × 16 3/4 in.)
- Culture: Japan
- Credit line: Clarence Buckingham Collection
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/22946)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/93269d61-f193-8f9a-dae5-37a20f67aa05/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The folds of the seated actor’s robe are suggested by characters meaning “role in disguise.”

Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0