The Actor Yoshizawa Ayame II As the Wrestler Kurokumo Onzo Off Stage
1770–1820
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions
14 7/8 x 9 7/8 in. (37.8 x 25.1 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Henry L. Phillips Collection, Bequest of Henry L. Phillips, 1939
Accession Number
JP2910
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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...