Who created "Album of Twenty Half-Length Portraits of Actors in Roles"?

Album of Twenty Half-Length Portraits of Actors in Roles was created by Shunbaisai Hokuei 春梅斎北英 in 1830s.

What medium is "Album of Twenty Half-Length Portraits of Actors in Roles"?

Album of Twenty Half-Length Portraits of Actors in Roles is Folding album; ink and color on paper.

Is "Album of Twenty Half-Length Portraits of Actors in Roles" in the public domain?

Yes, Album of Twenty Half-Length Portraits of Actors in Roles is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Album of Twenty Half-Length Portraits of Actors in Roles

Q: When was "Album of Twenty Half-Length Portraits of Actors in Roles" created?

This artwork was created 1830s.

Shunbaisai Hokuei 春梅斎北英

1830s

Medium

Folding album; ink and color on paper

Dimensions

Image: 7 1/2 x 5 1/4 in. (19.1 x 13.3 cm)

Classification

Prints

Culture & Period

Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, in honor of James C. Y. Watt, 2011

Accession Number

2011.140a–v

Tags

ActorsPortraits

Art Historical Context

Step into the vibrant world of Edo-period Japan with *Album of Twenty Half-Lengthraits of Actors in Roles* by Shunbaisaiuei, created in the 1830s. This folding album, a cherished format for intimate viewing, captures the charisma of kabuki theater stars—Japan's celebrity actors of the time. During the Edo period (1615–1868), ukiyo-e prints like these celebrated the "floating world" of entertainment, making icons accessible to fans through affordable woodblock reproductions. Hokuei, a master of the Osaka school of ukiyo-e, excels in these half-length portraits (each about 7½ x 5¼ inches), rend...

About the Artist

Shunbaisai Hokuei 春梅斎北英 (Japanese) · 1829 –1837

Japanese, active 1829–1837, died 1837

Album of Twenty Half-Length Portraits of Actors in Roles

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