The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Hachiman Taro Yoshiie (?) in the Play Oshu Adachi ga Hara (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Fourth Month, 1775 (?)

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Hachiman Taro Yoshiie (?) in the Play Oshu Adachi ga Hara (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Fourth Month, 1775 (?) by Katsukawa Shunkо̄

Medium

Color woodblock print; hosoban; right sheet of diptych

Dimensions

31.1 × 14.2 cm (12 1/4 × 5 9/16 in.)

Classification

woodblock print

Department

Arts of Asia

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

32368

About the Artist

Katsukawa Shunkо̄ · 17431812

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...

    Send Feedback

    We use this only to reply to your feedback.