The Actor Ichikawa Danjuro V as Kazusa no Akushichibyoe Kagekiyo Disguised as a Blind Court Musician (Kengyo) in the Play Edo Meisho Midori Soga, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Fourth Month, 1779
Katsukawa Shunkо̄
c. 1779
Medium
Color woodblock print; hosoban
Dimensions
28.6 × 13.7 cm (11 1/4 × 5 3/8 in.)
Classification
woodblock print
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
32413
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...