Eguchi no Kimi
late 18th–early 19th century
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink, color and gold on paper
Dimensions
Image: 50 9/16 × 23 7/16 in. (128.4 × 59.6 cm) Overall with mounting: 82 7/8 × 28 1/16 in. (210.5 × 71.3 cm) Overall with knobs: 82 7/8 × 30 5/8 in. (210.5 × 77.8 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2015
Accession Number
2015.300.140
Tags
About the Artist
Katsukawa Shuntei · 1770–1820
Katsukawa Shuntei (1770–1820), originally named Yamaguchi Chōjūrō, was a versatile ukiyo-e printmaker of Japan's Edo period under the Tokugawa shogunate. His early life remains sparsely documented, but by the late 1790s, he had entered the prestigious Katsukawa school, studying under the master Katsukawa Shun'ei, who led the school following the death of founder Shunshō. Shuntei's earliest authent...