Bust Portrait of Actor Onoe Matsusuke I, Perhaps as the Cowherd in “Genji in Long Sleeves at Mt. Otoko” (“Otokoyama furisode Genji”)

Q: When was "Bust Portrait of Actor Onoe Matsusuke I, Perhaps as the Cowherd in “Genji in Long Sleeves at Mt. Otoko” (“Otokoyama furisode Genji”)" created?

This artwork was created About 1785.

Q: Is "Bust Portrait of Actor Onoe Matsusuke I, Perhaps as the Cowherd in “Genji in Long Sleeves at Mt. Otoko” (“Otokoyama furisode Genji”)" in the public domain?

Yes, Bust Portrait of Actor Onoe Matsusuke I, Perhaps as the Cowherd in “Genji in Long Sleeves at Mt. Otoko” (“Otokoyama furisode Genji”) is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Katsukawa Shunkо̄

About 1785

Medium

Color woodblock print; hosoban

Dimensions

36.3 × 14.9 cm (14 5/16 × 5 7/8 in.)

Classification

woodblock print

Department

Arts of Asia

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

15765

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...

Bust Portrait of Actor Onoe Matsusuke I, Perhaps as the Cowherd in “Genji in Long Sleeves at Mt. Otoko” (“Otokoyama furisode Genji”)

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