The Actor Otani Hiroemon III as Osada no Zenjo Kagemune in the Play Izu-goyomi Shibai no Ganjitsu (First Performance Day of the Izu Calendar), Performed at the Morita Theater from the First Day of the Eleventh Month, 1772
Katsukawa Shunkо̄
c. 1772
Medium
Color woodblock print; hosoban
Dimensions
30.5 × 14.4 cm (12 × 5 11/16 in.)
Classification
woodblock print
Department
Arts of Asia
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
32384
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...