The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Toyose Saburozaemon Kageaki in the Play Hono Nitta Daimyojin, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Seventh Month, 1777

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Toyose Saburozaemon Kageaki in the Play Hono Nitta Daimyojin, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Seventh Month, 1777 by Katsukawa Shunkо̄

Medium

Color woodblock print; hosoban

Dimensions

31.1 × 14.7 cm (12 1/4 × 5 13/16 in.)

Classification

woodblock print

Department

Arts of Asia

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

32378

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...

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