The Actor Otani Hiroji III as Kawazu no Saburo in the Play Myoto-giku Izu no Kisewata, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1770
Clarence Buckingham Collection
Catalogue
- Year
- 1765
- Dimensions
- 32 × 15.2 cm (12 5/8 × 6 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Katsukawa Shunsho
Artist
Shunshō Katsukawa was a Japanese painter and printmaker in the ukiyo-e style, and the leading artist of the Katsukawa school. Shunshō studied under Miyagawa Shunsui, son and student of Miyagawa Chōshun, both equally famous and talented ukiyo-e artists. Shunshō is best known for introducing a new form of yakusha-e, prints depicting Kabuki actors. However, his bijin-ga paintings, while less famous, are said by some scholars to be "the best in the second half of the [18th] century".
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Record
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- Katsukawa Shunsho
- Year
- 1765
- Dimensions
- 32 × 15.2 cm (12 5/8 × 6 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1765-336460
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified