Actor Nakamura Nakazô I as Monk Shunkan in “Outing to Pick Pine Seedlings on the Rat-Day of the New Year” (“Hime Komatsu Ne no Hi Asobi”)
Medium
Actor Nakamura Nakazô I as Monk Shunkan in “Outing to Pick Pine Seedlings on the Rat- Day of the New Year” (“Hime Komatsu Ne no Hi Asobi”)
Dimensions
32.5 × 14.7 cm (12 13/16 × 5 13/16 in.)
Classification
woodblock print
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
36114
About the Artist
Katsukawa Shunkо̄ · 1743–1812
Katsukawa Shunkō I (1743–1812), born Denjiro Kiyokawa in Edo (modern Tokyo), emerged as a pivotal figure in ukiyo-e woodblock printing. His early life remains sparsely documented, but by the late 1760s, he had begun illustrating books such as *Talks about Debut Plays* (*Kaomise shibai banashi*, 1766). Shunkō studied under the master Katsukawa Shunshō, founder and leader of the Katsukawa school, an...